Teaching in higher education: between experience and experiment

Abstract

This article is the result of a completed thesis research whose general objective was to understand the limits and possibilities of the dialogue between the experiential knowledge, the formation and the work of the professors of the History course of the Federal University of Maranhão in the face of the tensions and contradictions presented by the reality of higher education. The research methodology is based on a critical qualitative approach, based on dialectical historical materialism. Thematic Oral History was used. The theoretical framework is based on the categories of experiential knowledge, work and teacher training. The research revealed through the category experiential dimension that teachers use their references and experiences, in an attempt to establish dialogues with teaching situations carried out individually or collectively, since there are no established spaces for the reflection of practical knowledge in light of theoretical knowledge