Os saberes docentes na tutoria em Educação a Distância

The pedagogic structuring of Distance Learning has been analyzed by different approaches, providing a considerable potential for researches. The present PhD Thesis on Education, linked to the themes Curriculum, Profissionalization and Teaching Work, aimed to reflect on the teaching knowledge of virtual tutors, active subjects in the teaching-learning process in the distance learning courses. As the main theoretical framework, Maurice Tardif and Cecília Borges were chosen, concerning the teacher knowledge; Daniel Mill, who studies about politeaching in Distance Learning and, Basil Bernstein, sociologist who developed a theory concerning the structuring of the teaching discourse. Through readings and reflections, these authors engaged in talks about the research problem proposed: how does the distance tutor of the Distance Math Teaching Course (DMTC) re-contextualizes his teaching knowledge in the field of Distance Learning? The research was carried out at the Federal University of Pelotas in the Distance Math Teaching Course, which started its academic activities in 2006 and which currently serves 30 places and around 770 students. The proposed research had a qualitative approach, being defined as a case study. The subjects researched were distance tutors from the DMTC. The data was collected through online questionnaires, semi-structured interview and a non-systematic observation of the tutors practice, and were later analyzed through Bardin s Content Analysis and Bernstein s theory. The main results obtained were that the re-contextualization of teacher knowledge in the tutoring practice occurs by the restructuring and reorganization of the contents; by the type of communication held with the students, mainly written; by the differentiated way in which the materials and activities need to be presented, invariably in a more detailed way in order to enable the student to study individually as well as in a group; and by the continuous contact between the tutor and the student, respecting the time for return of 24 ...