PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHER AND POSTGRADUATE: motivations and difficulties to attend an academic master's degree ; DESARROLLO PROFESIONAL DOCENTE Y POSGRADO: motivaciones y Dificultades para Cursar Maestría Académica ; DESENVOLVIMENTO PROFISSIONAL DOCENTE E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO: motivações e dificuldades para cursar um mestrado acadêmico

The text aims to discuss stricto sensu postgraduation as space for professional development for teacher, investigating admission and permanence difficulties, and motivations for pursuing an academic master’s degree. Theoretical framework comes from teacher education authors, such as Gatti et al. (2019), Fiorentini and Crecci (2013), among others. Study methodology, of an exploratory nature, follows a mixed approach, using qualitative and quantitative data collected through the digital questionnaire. Research participants are students of an Academic Master's course of a Graduate Program linked to a public institution, located in the Pará northeast. Research results point out as the main motivation for studies return, the search for a teaching career in higher education, corroborating the master's degree as an inducing space for professional development for teachers. Among admission difficulties, lack of time to prepare for the selection process was highlighted, and among permanence difficulties, the financial restrictions. Results also indicate a greater number of permanence difficulties for female students, evidencing differences in the conditions between men and women to attend postgraduate studies. ; El texto tiene como objetivo discutir el posgrado stricto sensu como un espacio de desarrollo profesional docente, investigando las dificultades de admisión y permanencia, además de las motivaciones para cursar una maestría académica. El marco teórico proviene de autores de la formación del profesorado, como Gatti et al. (2019), Fiorentini y Crecci (2013), entre otros. La metodología del estudio, de carácter exploratorio, sigue un enfoque mixto, utilizando datos cualitativos y cuantitativos recopilados a través de un cuestionario digital. Los participantes de la investigación son estudiantes de una Maestría Académica de un Programa de Posgrado vinculado a una institución pública, ubicada en el noreste de Pará, Brasil. Los resultados de la investigación señalan como principal motivación para la reincorporación a ...