ENSINO RELIGIOSO ESCOLAR: OS IMPACTOS DA FORMAÇÃO CONTINUADA NOS PROFESSORES DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE ENSINO DE COLATINA – ES

Abstract

This research has important elements about the presence of “Religious Education” discipline in the public schools curriculum in Colatina – ES, with the guideline principles the legislation and the continued education of teachers. Grounded through the interaction between literature and field research, the report’s general objective is to understand how the continued education process of the Religious Education teachers of the Municipal Education Complex occur, with the impressions of the actors involved in this process and the benefits brought to the teaching and learning process of the students. The first chapter provides historical data on the Religious Education and the progress of the legislation to the teacher training. The second chapter gives a glimpse into de presence of the Religious Education in public schools in Colatina – ES, the legal regulation that supports the existence of this discipline in the curriculum and the importance of continued training of teachers that teach this discipline. The third chapter is enriched with data collected through questionnaires and answered by eleven groups of teachers who teach Religious Education in twenty-two primary schools- Final Years of the Municipal Education Complex of Colatina – ES and participate regularly in specific meetings of continued education, promoted by the Department of Education of this city. Through dialogue with theorists like Junqueira, Freire, Nóvoa and Saviani, the analyzes make it clear that the impacts of continued training offered to teachers of Religious Education in Colatina – ES positively interfere in their practice in the classroom.