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Pertinência da formação e da pesquisa pós-graduada para o Serviço Social: um estudo sobre trajetos de mestrado de assistentes sociais
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Esta tese tem como objetivo compreender o significado atribuído pelos assistentes sociais à formação pós-graduada, ao nível de mestrado e perceber como é que a realização das pesquisas influencia o desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional e contribui para a aquisição de competências críticas e reflexivas em diferentes contextos da prática profissional. Em termos metodológicos o estudo assenta essencialmente numa metodologia mista, prevalecendo a qualitativa. Foi feito um retrato da formação graduada e pós-graduada em Portugal, no Serviço Social, tomando como referência o período compreendido entre 2007 e 2019. A entrevista semiestruturada foi a técnica aplicada a uma amostra de 27 assistentes sociais com o grau de mestre.
Os resultados evidenciam que as principais motivações para a realização do mestrado são essencialmente de natureza pessoal e profissional e que a necessidade de formação pode surgir como uma necessidade de refletir sobre a prática profissional; O reconhecimento que a formação pós-graduada e pesquisa ao nível do mestrado constituem-se como espaços de interação e de reflexão e por isso promove o desenvolvimento de competências críticas e uma maior capacidade analítica face aos problemas sociais. A realização destes percursos permite reciclar e atualizar o conhecimento e tem efeitos transformadores no Eu pessoal e no Eu profissional e despertam para um olhar mais abrangente sobre os fenómenos sociais, sobre a realidade social, constituem-se assim como uma possibilidade de construção da reflexividade e do desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional nos assistentes sociais.
The focal point this work aimed at developing was to understand the meaning social workers attribute to post graduate diplomas, such as the Master’s Degree, and decode how the method of research impacts personal and professional development as well as contributes to the acquisition of critical and reflexive competencies in different contexts of professional practice. It is our main goal to analyse the paramount role post graduate diplomas play in relation to social work, and the links it establishes with reflectivity assuming as a starting point the interpretation of the path social workers choose for their Master’s Degree, within the scope of post graduate diplomas available in Portugal. As far as its methodology is concerned, this research is fundamentally supported by a mixed methodology. We aimed at portraying graduate and post graduate diplomas in Portugal, within the Social Work scope, having as a reference the time period that goes from 2007 to 2019. We applied the semi structured interview technique to a sample of 27 social workers with a Master’s Degree. The results have shown that the main motivations behind the completion of the Master’s Degree are fundamentally personal and professional and that the necessity felt to get the diploma may stem from a need to reflect on professional practice; the recognition of post graduate diplomas and research for a Master’s Degree as interactive and reflexive spaces which promote the development of critical competencies and engage a greater ability to interpret social issues. By going through these paths, we are recycling and revitalising knowledge in this area, which has transformative effects on both the personal and professional Self thus challenging us to adopt a more panoramic view of social phenomena and social reality. As such, these paths are essential as they not only constitute a possibility to rebuild reflexivity, but also for social workers to grow personally and professional.
The focal point this work aimed at developing was to understand the meaning social workers attribute to post graduate diplomas, such as the Master’s Degree, and decode how the method of research impacts personal and professional development as well as contributes to the acquisition of critical and reflexive competencies in different contexts of professional practice. It is our main goal to analyse the paramount role post graduate diplomas play in relation to social work, and the links it establishes with reflectivity assuming as a starting point the interpretation of the path social workers choose for their Master’s Degree, within the scope of post graduate diplomas available in Portugal. As far as its methodology is concerned, this research is fundamentally supported by a mixed methodology. We aimed at portraying graduate and post graduate diplomas in Portugal, within the Social Work scope, having as a reference the time period that goes from 2007 to 2019. We applied the semi structured interview technique to a sample of 27 social workers with a Master’s Degree. The results have shown that the main motivations behind the completion of the Master’s Degree are fundamentally personal and professional and that the necessity felt to get the diploma may stem from a need to reflect on professional practice; the recognition of post graduate diplomas and research for a Master’s Degree as interactive and reflexive spaces which promote the development of critical competencies and engage a greater ability to interpret social issues. By going through these paths, we are recycling and revitalising knowledge in this area, which has transformative effects on both the personal and professional Self thus challenging us to adopt a more panoramic view of social phenomena and social reality. As such, these paths are essential as they not only constitute a possibility to rebuild reflexivity, but also for social workers to grow personally and professional.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências Sociais, na Especialidade de Serviço Social
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Serviço social formação pós-graduada pesquisa competências reflexividade Social Work post graduate diploma research competencies reflexivity
Contexto Educativo
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Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas