December 1, 2025
The impact of reading practices developed in the Learning to Study Texts (AET) project is the subject of an article published in Cadernos de Pesquisa, a journal of the Carlos Chagas Foundation. The study, conducted by Nicole Paulet Piedra, director of Labedu, and Angélica Sepúlveda, special collaborator, analyzes how AET contributes to improving the work of 4th and 5th grade teachers in teaching reading and text comprehension.
The study, entitled “Training and representations of reading practices of school texts,” examined records produced by teachers throughout the study and implementation cycles of the AET proposals. These records—a structuring part of the project's methodology—allowed us to identify how the references introduced in the training come to shape the teachers' representations of what, how, and why to teach reading.
Thematic analysis revealed consistent progress in the variety and depth of actions reported by the teachers. The data showed greater intentionality and greater attention to students' comprehension processes, indicating that systematic work with model proposals and practice analysis promoted a qualitative leap in pedagogical decisions.
These findings reinforce the strength of training pathways based on investigative cycles, in which theory, practice, and reflection feed back into each other. The publication also highlights a central principle of Labedu: the combination of research and implementation as a way to improve teaching and generate applicable knowledge, as Nicole explains: “By including documentation as an intentional strategy for monitoring implementation, we strengthen training processes that generate deep learning for educators and, at the same time, produce knowledge that broadens the understanding of the field of continuing education. Training ceases to be an isolated episode and becomes a continuous process of analysis, feedback, and reorientation, a spiral of constantly renewing learning,” she states.
Access the full article on the journal's website: https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/12075