Freirean hope as educational construct for teacher education in South Africa

Beryl Verna Botman

doi:10.35699/2237-5864.2021.34929

Autores

Beryl Verna Botman University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2021.34929

Palavras-chave:

Filosofia da educação, Paulo Freire, Pedagogia da esperança, Formação de professores(as)

Resumo

O presente artigo argumenta que a política de formação e desenvolvimento de professores(as) na África do Sul carecem de uma filosofia da educação explícita e correspondente pedagogia que promovam transformação e igualdade. Após uma análise de algumas obras de Paulo Freire, argumenta-se que uma práxis de formação de professores(as) encontra na filosofia da educação freireana e na pedagogia da esperança a compreensão de professores(as) como seres inacabados e agentes da esperança. Este artigo oferece uma oportunidade para imaginar o que a Pedagogia da esperança de Freire poderia contribuir para o diálogo acerca da política, publicada em 2011 e revisada em 2015, que define os requerimentos mínimos de qualificação para a formação de professores(as) na África do Sul. Defende-se o papel fundamental que instituições de formação de professores(as) podem desenvolver, contribuindo para a transformação da educação, especialmente quando a filosofia de educação e a pedagogia da esperança são prejudicadas. O artigo conclui com uma proposta de reorientação da política de formação de professores(as).

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Biografia do Autor

Beryl Verna Botman, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Botman was born in 1960 and schooled in Cape Town, South Africa. She attended the University of Cape Town and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Teacher qualification and a Bachelor of Education. She practiced Language Teaching at secondary school and as a curriculum adviser. The University of the Western Cape conferred a Master of Education and the Stellenbosch University a PhD on her. The University of the Free State granted her a postdoctoral fellowship. She is now retired.

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