The influence of supervised training and of the Institutional Scholarship Program for Initial Teaching (PIBID) on the motivation of future teachers of Biology

Abstract In this paper, we examined how the formative experiences offered by an Undergraduate Program of Biological Sciences, with an emphasis on the Institutional Scholarship Program for Initial Teaching (Brazilian PIBID) and supervised training motivated students to pursue teaching careers in basic education. Thus, the Theory of Motivation of Self-Determination was adopted as a theoretical reference. The analyzed data come from autobiographical narratives by six undergraduate students, obtained from individual interviews, analyzed through Interpretative Analysis. In the results, we present and discuss the main elements that motivated or discouraged students in both experiences, resulting in the higher or lower interest of these students in teaching.