Residência Pedagógica espelhada na Residência Médica: formação de professores sob nova perspectiva?

BACKGROUND: The Pedagogical Residency program is a model of professional training for undergraduate courses, being an integrated program the National Policy of Teacher Training, whose purpose is in practical improvement through the insertion of the academic in the school environment. This program was inspired by the Medical Residency, which is a graduate teaching modality for physicians already graduated, as a form of clinical specialization. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the approximations and distances between the program in the area of Physical Education in relation to the medical program in a public university in Paraná. METHODS: The research is characterized as qualitative, focusing on the case study. Four coordinators of courses and residency programs linked to medical and physical education courses were interviewed. Data analysis was based on the principle of thematic categorization with a focus on content analysis. RESULTS: The results show that there are significant differences between the proposals, with medical residency training at the graduate level while the pedagogical residency is an initial formation, this reflects the structural and conceptual definitions on the way of insertion of such formative models in the professional environment. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the purpose of teacher training based on professional residency models enables new experiences and paths, but which are still distant from the model offered in the medical area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]