Compulsory subjects

Education Research Methodology
Credits: 4
Workload: 60h
The discipline discusses fundamental methodological issues in studies in Education and Social Sciences. It seeks to problematize the scientific method through collection techniques, coding and analysis of both qualitative data - based on interviews, focus groups and life stories -, quantitative - based on questionnaires and public databases, using specific analysis software.

Teaching Profession and Professional Development
Credits: 4
Workload: 60h
The course discusses the contributions of authors who have been investigating teaching work, the constitution of professionalism and professional development, the theme of teaching skills and knowledge, having as a backdrop the context of social and cultural changes that has been changing the role of schools and teachers in contemporary society.

School, Curriculum and Diversity
Credits: 4
Workload: 60h
The discipline is based on the critical theory of the curriculum and seeks to understand the curriculum in the complexity of its expression at school with the school-culture relationship as its axis. It aims to deepen theoretical references that focus on the school as an object of study.

Interdisciplinary Seminars
Credits:3
Workload:45h
The seminars are developed over two consecutive periods of the course. They are designed to function as a space for discussing ongoing projects. The seminars are organized on two levels: the collective discussions, involving students and teachers, about dissertation projects; and lectures and discussions on the theme of Teacher Education for Basic Education, by invited researchers and professors of the program, usually based on ongoing research.

Elective courses

Inclusive Education and Diversity
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The discipline is based on theoretical subsidies of the sociology of education and aims to discuss and analyze social diversity at school and the historical and political trajectory of school inclusion / exclusion processes in their different paths, having the contemporary school and, in particular, the Brazilian school as a central focus of studies.

Inclusive Education Practices
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The discipline studies the processes of development and learning, in view of its understanding and its implications for inclusive education, understood in a broad sense, both for socio-cultural inclusion and for the inclusion of students with special needs.

School Knowledge and Diversity
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The course aims to study the processes of knowledge construction. Offers alternatives for reflection on the needs for changes in pedagogical practices, seeking new attitudes towards the socio-cultural diversity of learners and building knowledge based on that diversity.

Teacher Training Policies and Proposals
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The course proposes the analysis of public policies and proposals for teacher training, based on studies on teaching professional knowledge and the action of teaching. As a result of the discussions, proposals will be prepared by the students that meet the needs of teacher education in their professional practice space..

Teaching and Learning Strategies
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
Having as a reference the theorizations about the learning processes, the discipline analyzes the theoretical and methodological dimensions of the act of teaching, addressing the concept of teaching and the set of procedures and strategies that favor student learning.

Didactic and Technological Resources in Teacher Education
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The discipline promotes reflection on the relationship between technology, education and teacher training. It presents the main technological and communication resources and their applications in diverse educational environments, including in this set the actions with students with special educational needs. The teacher subsidizes the use of diverse resources of Virtual Learning Environments for the elaboration of activities for basic education.

Special Topics in Education
Credit: 3
Workload: 45h
The menu of this course is variable depending on the evolution of research in the program. Involves discussion on topics relevant to the area of ​​education, including public policies for the sector, initial and continuing formation, inclusive training, among others. Infrastructure There are no specific laboratories for the course.