Abstract

Manuel José1, Castro António1 and Marcelo Mário2

The Cooperating Teacher is recognized as a central figure in the initial training of teachers and the preparation for the exercise of this role has been spare and understood as a matter of great importance. The appreciation of the formative experiences is an important process for the construction of personal conceptions of the Cooperating Teacher in Physical Education. This study tried to unveil relations training path of the Cooperating Teacher with their current conceptions about their role in the formation of student-trainee and the organization of the stage. Fifteen Cooperating Teacher were interviewed, from the 3rd cycle and secondary education, selected on the basis of their teaching experience and experience for guidance. A model of open-response surveys was used, before data introduction at NVivo, for qualitative analysis. Trainers, training models, components of training, practical training or experience are related to current concepts of formation of Cooperating Teacher from an evaluation of its usefulness, coherence and consistency of the conceptual basis of his speech and the direction and intensity of affective charge established.