Polytechnic Institute Of Bragança - Portugal

The process of guidance/supervision of professional practice presupposes a continuous (re)construction of theoretical, organizational, and pedagogical knowledge, with a view to professional and personal development in continuity and oriented to respond to the complex and demanding task that is the training of future childhood educators. Supervision is complex and involves several actors who participate in the educational process, such as university teachers, childhood educators, and their practices and initial training of students. This course aims to think of supervision as an instrument of training, innovation, and the reconstruction of practices. It is supported by supervisors through the analysis of supervisory models, processes, and competencies, exploring concepts, practices, and their relationship with specific didactics. It focuses on the link and relationship between initial training and continuing education, designing it as an integrated collaborative learning process, seeking to establish the necessary connections between the training processes and practices carried out at the higher education institution and the intervention practices that develop in the contexts that welcome trainees. It, therefore, stresses the link between training, intervention, and supervision, designing the latter as a horizontal process with reflexive instance and as research for action. This framework emphasizes the necessary creation of extended learning communities and the processes of reconstruction knowledge throughout life.