Decolonial views on teacher’s continuing education in Latin America

Abstract

This work starts with the following questions: what stage is the teachers’s continuing education at Latin American region? Where are concentrated the similarities and differences between the different nations of the region? What syntheses are possible to accomplish? What operational horizons emerge from these formation perspectives? To meet this challenge, the state-of-the-art production is used, taking as a criterion studies that contemplate the maximum number of Latin American countries. In the exploration and analysis of the selected material, it was possible to verify, among other aspects, that the abundance and diversity of actions undertaken in the field of teacher’s continuing education are usually accompanied by discontinuity, making it difficult or even impossible to follow up on these actions. The lack of institutionalization of training actions, through public policies, further aggravates the situation. The opening of academic means to planned actions, contemplating and prioritizing demands originating from the school floor, still remain challenges to be faced.