The Pedagogical Residency Training Device: Attacks, Struggles and Resistance

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze how the implementation of the Pedagogical Residency Program (PRP) strengthens certain lines of force in the Pedagogical Residency training device. For this purpose, we mobilized some conceptual tools proposed by Foucault. We opted for the documental analysis of a corpus consisting of ordinances, edicts, and the manifestos of entities, which gave us clues as to which lines of force of the device are reinforced with the implementation of the Program. Given this, five anchor points are taken as reference, namely: the duel between theory and practice; the reformulation of the internship; the university and school relationship; the association of the PRP with the National Common Curricular Base and the autonomy of the educational institutions. In general, the modes of operationalized resistance crossed the device, highlighting four strategies: accusation, rejection, restriction, and repudiation. This microsocial analysis suggests a restructuring of the Program so that its discourse can be legitimized.