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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE TRAINING OF PROEJA TEACHERS Domingos Leite Lima Filho and Neura Maria Weber Maron, Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR/Brazil), Brazil The initial and continuing
training of teachers for the education of young and adult workers is
a central theme of public policy. What are the skills necessary for
professional teaching practice in a world of constantly changing
science and technology? This work presents initially the description
of the integrated professional education in high school, a policy
introduced in 2006 by the Brazilian Education Ministry in order to
encourage the return of young and adult people who have not finished
this level of education at the expected age. Emphasizing the
political and pedagogical challenges for the construction of this
state policy, we have reviewed some aspects of its principles and
policies, particularly emphasizing how the proposal of the
integration presents itself in the ruling documents of the Education
Ministry (MEC) which establish the “Programme of Integration of the
Basic Education with the Professional Education in the Young and
Adult Modality” (PROEJA). This program proposes the technical
training of young workers and adults based on the integration of
work, science, technology, humanism and general culture,
understanding that in the world of labor and everyday life of people
these dimensions are inseparable. By understanding that this option
considers the curriculum focus of the Social Studies of Science and
Technology (SSTS), this paper analyses the importance of design in
the formation of SSTS to PROEJA teachers. Through using
methodological procedure document analysis - taking as a theoretical
basis contributions of authors in the field of SSTS to the
demystification of science and technology – the study design
verified the presence of SSTS and its importance in guiding
documents of the concepts and training of PROEJA teachers of this
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