%0 Journal Article %T O SER E ESTAR DA A O DOCENTE: UMA REFLEX O NECESS¨¢RIA %A Mikelli Cristina Pacito Benites %A Rosangela Regina Marcicano Capelasso %A Carmen L¨²cia Dias %J Colloquium Humanarum %D 2011 %I University of Western Sao Paulo, UNOESTE %R 10.5747/ch.2011.v08.n2.h112 %X The purpose of the present study is to present reflections of different authors about being and staying as a teacher in relation to the teaching practice facing the social and political function associated to the profession. These reflections about changes and innovations in the teaching-learning process aim to contribute to the education of critical citizens for the achievement of needed social transformations. To reflect about the teaching practice is a significant task for changing the school reality in which we are inserted. %K Reflection about the teaching practice %K to be and stay as a teacher %K social function of teaching %K teaching practice %U http://revistas.unoeste.br/revistas/ojs/index.php/ch/article/viewFile/427/640