O mundo do trabalho e as novas competências profissionais para o pedagogo

Abstract

Este trabalho buscou compreender como a noção de competência, através das mudanças no mundo do trabalho, vem emergindo no cenário educacional, modificando os perfis profissionais, particularmente o do pedagogo, para enfrentar as novas demandas da sociedade. Desse modo, tratou-se de recolher e analisar a opinião de pessoas jovens, concluintes do curso de Pedagogia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), sobre as competências adquiridas no seu processo de formação superior para ingressar e/ou permanecer no mundo do trabalho. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This study tried to understand, amid changes in the world of work, the idea of competence as it manifests itself in the educational scenario, with its modification of professional profiles, particularly that of the educator, as s/he faces the new demands of society. With this in mind, young undergraduates finishing their degree course in Pedagogy at the Universidade Federal de Paraíba (UFPB) were interviewed. Their opinions about the competence acquired throughout the process of their 3rd level formation to enable them to join or remain on in the world of the work, were collected and analyzed.