Graduates of a Pedagogy Course: formative and professional trajectories

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research that aimed to map and analyze the formative and professional trajectory of the graduates of the Pedagogy Course of the Higher Education Institute Professor Aldo Muylaert (Isepam), a state institution based in Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ. In 2018, field research was carried out with 225 graduates (81% of the total), who answered a form from the Google Platform. Data analysis was supported by Content Analysis, by Laurence Bardin. The results showed that the professional insertion of the participants in the education area is 75%, while 16% do not work in education and 9% are unemployed. The graduates who do not work in the educational area indicated that they do not do it due to lack of job opportunities. About continuing education, more than half of the graduates have already attended or attended specialization courses and two graduates are studying Master’s degrees. The view of graduates about continuing education opportunities revealed financial difficulties to pay for private specialization courses and lack of time to enroll in public graduate courses.