TITLE:
Life Experiences and Teaching Practices: An Analysis of Role Models in Accountancy
AUTHORS:
Raissa Silveira Farias, Adriana Maria Procópio De Araujo
KEYWORDS:
Professional Development, Teaching Accounting, Teacher Knowledge
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
30,
2023
ABSTRACT: This study seeks to understand the meaning of experiences and knowledge used in the process of professional development of teachers of undergraduate courses in Accountancy in Brazil. It was used as the theoretical basis for theInterconnected Model of Professional Growth of Teachersand the teaching knowledge from Tardif’s perspective. Asemi-structured interview with a qualitative and reflective approach was usedas a technique to build the narratives. The analyzed excerpts were grouped intofour analysis categories: the personal domain, related to the disciplinary knowledge of accounting; the domain of practice and the didactic-pedagogical knowledge; the external domain and experiential knowledge; and the domain of consequence, highlighting the significant results in professional development. From the analyses, it is concluded that teachers develop in teaching through reflection and action on their practice; through the positive relationships of partnership, support, and guidance established with their students;through the careful search for the exchange of experiences with peers and withthe professional market; as well as through the personal search for the improvement of their daily teaching practice.