Continuing education of teachers and educational regionalization: an analysis of the policies of the education sector of MERCOSUR

Keywords: regional integration, Latin America, program to support the education sector of MERCOSUR, continuing teacher training.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the policies of continuing teacher education in the context of regionalization, but specifically to identify such policies in the educational action plans of the MERCOSUR Education Sector. In this sense, it is considered that this region is inserted in an intense process of internationalization and educational regionalization, in which, in addition to the influence of international organizations, the MERCOSUR Education Sector stands out. In Latin America, as in other contexts, the constitution of economic blocks emphasized the role of education as a factor of integration, influencing and directing the priorities in this field. According to Lüdke (1986), qualitative research supposes the direct and prolonged contact of the researcher with the object to be investigated, that is, an intense field work, in which the problems are studied in the environment in which they occur, as direct sources of data collection. As a result, a formative supply of a priority technical nature was observed, subject to the vicissitudes of the governments. Such training is in accordance with a neoliberal international agenda that is not concerned with the value of education professionals, even though this training is considered an important instrument for the implementation of this same agenda.

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Author Biographies

Wisllayne Ivellyze de Oliveira Dri, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Brasil). Atualmente é doutoranda em Educação na UNICAMP e membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Políticas Públicas, Educação e Sociedade (GPPES) e participlante do Laboratório de Políticas Públicas e Planejamento Educacional (LAPPLANE).

Luciana Leandro da Silva, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Doutora em Educação pela Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB, Espanha). Atualmente é professora Adjunta A da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) e membro do Laboratório de Estudos e Pesquisas em Política Educacional (LEPPE).

Published
2019-04-24
How to Cite
Dri, W. I. de O., & Silva, L. L. da. (2019). Continuing education of teachers and educational regionalization: an analysis of the policies of the education sector of MERCOSUR. Acta Scientiarum. Education, 41(1), e44930. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v41i1.44930
Section
Teachers' Formation and Public Policy