Motivational dynamics in English classes at a Brazilian public school

Maria Raquel Bambirra

Autores

Maria Raquel Bambirra Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais Autor

Palavras-chave:

dinâmica motivacional, coadaptação, soft-assembly, aulas de língua inglesa, escola pública brasileira

Resumo

Este artigo pretende discutir a inter-relação entre a motivação de uma professora de inglês de uma escola pública federal de nível médio do Brasil e a de seus estudantes sob a perspectiva dos sistemas dinâmicos complexos. Com base em três narrativas orais e 14 entradas de diário, a prática pedagógica da professora foi descrita e seus comentários comparados às impressões dos estudantes, em uma tentativa de compreender a dinâmica motivacional e os processos de auto-organização dessa sala de aula enquanto sistema, focando em como a motivação da professora e a dos estudantes se coadaptam e assumem configurações temporárias, influenciando e sendo influenciadas pelo contexto. Os resultados parecem confirmar não somente que a motivação da professora e a motivação dos estudantes estão profundamente inter-relacionadas, mas também que elas interagem orgânica e continuamente, revelando que o contexto é contingencial.

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Biografia do Autor

Maria Raquel Bambirra, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais

Departamento de Linguagem e Tecnologia

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