The Common National Base – Training: Reflections on Teacher Training in Brazil

Abstract

The text addresses the need to present teacher training in Brazil, starting from a critique of the idea of “training” that predominated in the 1980s and 1990s, replacing it with a broader vision of “Continuing Education”. This approach reflects the incompleteness of the human being, highlighting the importance of continuous training throughout professional life, as opposed to ready-made and fragmented training packages. Education, in this sense, should be more than a technical update, being a continuous process of development, which involves reflection on teaching practice and the creation of a dialogue between theory and practice. The text also discusses public educational policies, such as the Common National Base – Training (BNC-Formação) and the separation between Initial Training (FI) and Continuing Education (FC). The lack of continuity between these trainings is seen as harmful, and the text argues that the appreciation of teachers requires better working conditions, coherent educational policies and greater dialogue between universities and schools. The ideas are reinforced in Paulo Freire in the sense of reflecting that training cannot be merely technical but must promote the critical development and autonomy of educators.