Presentation: Teacher Professionalization

Abstract

Inclusion not only puts the public policy of educational services to the test, it also puts teacher professionalization to the test. As stated here, the teacher model is linked to the public school model and its curriculum. If we see teachers as citizens, we would have to say that inclusion is not only a matter for the State, but also for citizens.

The current challenges impose learning more in the territory of Teacher Professionalization, since it is vast and ranges from initial training to the exercise and professional development of teachers. Higher Education, in the area of initial teacher training, is developing demonstrative experiences through first-rate research, financed by public and private agencies that promote national and international scientific research. We no longer want to improvise in education, especially in such complex issues as inclusion, disability, indigenous groups, migrants and the fight against extreme poverty. The gain, in addition to the evidence, lies in the development of the pedagogical thinking of teachers who, inspired by classics such as John Dewey, Eduard Claparède, Alexander Sutherland Neill, L. S. Vigotsky or Pablo Freire, provide us with solid professional thinking.