ABSTRACT
The Psychology disciplines taught in Pedagogy are traditionally centered on human development and learning, while everyday school life is little analyzed; such centrality has been questioned by the critical movement in the field of School Psychology. Based on this perspective, this article aims to explain contributions that Psychology disciplines, taught in Pedagogy courses in private universities in São Paulo, can provide in the initial teacher training, for the understanding of the schooling process, based on subsidies offered by School Psychology. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were carried out with four coordinators of Pedagogy courses and seven professors of these disciplines. It was identified the interviewees’ search for inserting in this discipline the discussion of themes of School Psychology, such as school failure, medicalization of Education, stigmatization in school relations and daily school life, which are not included in the teaching plans. Therefore, the need to address issues in the field of School Psychology as a formative content for educators was evident.
Keywords:
teacher education; pedagogy; school psychology