Professional insertion processes of teachers in formation policies: indicatives for educational policies

Abstract

Teachers’ integration processes in basic education systems are analyzed by investigating professional development policies defined in recent educational legislation, such as the Guidelines for National Education 9394/96, Brazilian Education Plan 2001-2011 and current National Education Plan 2014-2024. Documents are analyzed based on the theoretical work by Saviani (2010, 2011, 2014a, 2014b) on educational policies and by Marcelo (1999, 2009, 2010), Vaillant and Marcelo (2012), Romanowski (2012), Gatti (2009) Gatti e Barreto (2009), André (2012), Cunha (2010, 2012) and others, on teachers’ formation, specifically on the initiation phase in the teaching profession. Results show that the concern on the initiation period is a recent topic. It explicitly comes to the fore through the current National Education Plan (2014-2024) albeit in a fledging stance. In spite of the limitations, there is a development in the States’ Education Plans. It should be underscored that established policies must take into account the specific factors of each context and the limits imposed by financial conditions of states and municipalities and by teachers’ formation conditions and work milieu.