Concepções e necessidades formativas das/os estudantes de Pedagogia da UFPB acerca da educação não escolar

Abstract

This work consisted of an investigation into the views of Pedagogy students on non-school education and their relationship with this situational category during their initial training. The guiding questions that permeated the investigative processes were: What are the Education students' conceptions of non-school education? What formative experiences did the graduation provide in relation to non-school education? What educational needs do these students point to in relation to this category? The aim of the research was to analyze the conceptions and training needs of students on the Education degree at the Federal University of Paraíba in relation to non-school education. The theoretical elements were made up of conceptions of Education as a science, and elements about school education, which include studies by Franco (2008), Libâneo (2010), Pimenta (2011), Severo (2015), Severo and Zucchetti (2022), among others. The methodology was based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data collected through a semi-structured questionnaire addressed to students. The results show that the understanding of Education and non-school education is superficial. They pointed out that the promotion of the subject in their graduation manifests itself in the same way, and showed that the students' educational needs range from the need to study the theory of Education, the need for studies on non-school education, and the need for studies on the fields in which this category operates. The results of this research are a rich source for reflecting on the graduation of educators, since they reveal the experiences and demands communicated by the students themselves.