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Ethical-Political Dimension. Self-formation. John Dewey. Philosophy professor. Narratives.
The ethical-political dimension on formative and self-formative routes of philosophy teachers from public education according to John Dewey represent the object of study. This object enabled the following thesis question: How the ethical-political dimension is embodied on the formative and self-formative routes of philosophy teachers, considering the philosophical and educational principles of John Dewey? This research aims to understand the ethical-political dimension in the (self)formation of philosophy professors of Public Educational Institutions according to John Dewey. For this reason, the following specific objectives were elaborated: outline formative routes of philosophy teachers who collaborated with the study, emphasizing the self-formation; establish the articulation between the ethical-political dimension and the (self)formation of philosophy teachers and; identify the philosophical and educational principles of John Dewey. John Dewey was used as main philosopher in the bibliographic research. Furthermore, the field research was performed in two stages: first, was applied a questionnaire to analyze 28 philosophy professors associated with the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte (on Natal Central, Natal Cidade Alta and Natal Zona Norte campus), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Campus Natal) and the Federal University of Piauí (on Teresina and Ministro Petrônio Portela campus); in the second stage, it was applied the narrative interview technique with 4 teachers who volunteered to contribute to the research. These procedures followed the guidelines of the Ethics Committee of HUOL/UFRN approved on August 2, 2017. The data were analyzed descriptively and analytically in order to interpret the different texts produced by the people involved in the research. It was also used a content analysis as a technique to analyze the data gathered from the teachers’ narrative. The theoretical and philosophical background used in this study and the set of procedures adopted enable the conclusion that: The concept of education in the self-formation of teachers is expanded, clarifying the ethical-political purposes on which it is based, insofar as the teacher critically reflects on his or her formative experience, the teaching of philosophy and the conditions in which teaching practices occur.