Teachers for what? - inertia and emergency in basic education in Portugal

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2026

Autores

Pacheco, Elsa (Autor) FLUP; Soares, Laura (Autor) FLUP; Lemos, Paulo (Autor) FLUP

Livro

Título: Compromised Geography : spreading a New World

Páginas: 51-66

ISBN: 978-3-032-05200-1 (hbk); 978-3-032-05203-2 (pbk)

ISBN Eletrónico: 978-3-032-05201-8

Editora: Springer Cham

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ID Authenticus: P-01A-VSZ

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-05201-8_4

Abstract (EN): The Portuguese education system has been pursuing the goal of UNICEF World Declaration on Education for All—the fulfilment of basic learning needs. However, there is still resistance to the change in curricula and school organisation. The perpetuation of educational evaluation centred on school results disguises the training paths fundamental to true human empowerment—being, the essential. In line with these ideas, some questions emerge: why is there so much resistance to changing the essentials? Do times change, but not wishes? What are the changes in Portuguese education? How can we modify schools in the present context? We revisited Smith’s (1789) and Marshall’s (1879) human condition for the progress and wealth of nations, looked at Schultz’s Theory of Human Capital (1963, 1971), and noted Gusdorf’s (Professores Para Quê? Para uma pedagogia da pedagogia, 1963) answers to the question Teachers for what and recalled the Modern School Movement. For Higher Education, Recommendation 4/2022 calls for the participation of young people, identifying several problems of the pedagogical model, including the fact that it is unidirectional. We hope to find some answers through a cross-analysis between (1) desires—based on the principles of education defined in legal documents; (2) supply—approached from the point of view of the curriculum and training of geography teachers; (3) demand—based on the dimension of students who choose geography.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica