A importância do programa de monitoria para a formação profissional do acadêmico de educação física

Abstract

The teaching assistant program is a teaching-learning modality, designated to students enrolled, that is intended to instigate the student's interest in teaching. Therefore, the objective of this study was to verify the importance of teaching assistant in the training of professionals in the Physical Education course of study. For that, an explanatory/exploratory research was carried out, through an interview script with specific teachers of the Physical Education course and academics of the course who are and/or were part of the UniGoyazes teaching assistant program. The results showed that teachers agree that teaching assistant has a fundamental role in the professional and personal training process formation of the academic of the Physical Education course. Also, academics see teaching assistant as an opportunity for greater knowledge acquisition and improvement of their professional skills. Therefore, it is concluded that the teaching assistant program can indeed provide an opportunity for the academic to become a more qualified professional for the job market.