This study is about an exploratory study of qualitative nature whose purpose is to get to know and analyze the concepts that both civilian and military professors hold in regard of students preparing to become policemen in the Military Police Academy of Brasília (APMB). Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 professors. By analyzing the contents of the interviews, topics (categories) were identified for a better understanding of data. Categories were referred, during the discussion presented, to the image of the military policeman student, to the interpersonal relationship in the Academy, to the awareness of the disciplinary system, to the way teaching is conducted at the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) and to the link that the student builds with the military police practice. Results pointed that, in the concept of APMB professors, the military policeman student is someone disciplined, interested in learning and polite. Professors said they have a satisfactory relationship with students and that they are participative in class. The hierarchy becomes clear in the classroom through the professor-student contact, and there is an awareness of the disciplinary system and penalties that may occur in case of offense. Conclusion was that the concepts of professors are formed in relation to the beliefs, values, and images of PMDF, making way so that professors understand how to deal with the military policeman student under training. The research reveals that professors, both civilian and military, are aware of the limits imposed to the military policeman student in the perspective of an education based on hierarchy and discipline.
Concepts of professors; Military policeman student; Professor of the Military Police Academy of Brasília; Military Police of the Federal District