Qualificação, competência técnica e inovação no ofício docente para a melhoria da qualidade do ensino fundamental

This article discusses the importance of teachers training to the pupils performance in a socioeconomic context established at schools from the 1990s on. The research problem was the following: what was the importance of the teachers training in the pupils performance from Januaria and Montes Claros? The data were collected in Januária and Montes Claros from October 1999 to February 2000. They were referred to the pupils families socioeconomic background, to the teachers profile and the pedagogical support available at the schools. The sample was made up of six schools in each municipality, being three from Minas Gerais, Brazil, and three from the municipality system; amounting to 12 schools. Indexes were established in order to compare the data collect from the teachers, schools heads and members of the pupils families. The main conclusion was that the kind of teachers' training offered did not succeed in improving school performance for childrens belonging to families from low socioeconomic background.