Continuing training actions for teachers of Early Childhood Education in the municipal network of Tocantinópolis in the period 2016-2021

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the continuing education actions developed with Early Childhood Education teachers working in the municipal network of Tocantinópolis, from 2016 to 2021, in the light of the following documents: Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC); Tocantins Curriculum Document (DCT) and the Municipal Education Plan (PME). Documentary research was adopted as a type of research, with a qualitative approach. The data production materials consisted of slides, reports and frequencies produced during the continuing education actions in the educational reality investigated, and a bibliographical survey was also carried out to support the theme, and an analysis of legal documents that guide the organization of Education Childhood in its various dimensions. In view of the analyses, it is understood that the training seeks to enable teachers to develop the goals set forth in the documents, it is a preparation for the operationalization of what is provided by them. A gap was observed regarding the critical positioning of the participants regarding the form of structuring, content of training actions and institutionally directed referrals. It is concluded that continuing education for Early Childhood Education is a great challenge, mainly from the alignment with documents such as the BNCC, which situates contemporary debates in the educational field and has been the subject of extensive discussions in the area.

Keywords

• continuing education
• early childhood education
• educational legislation.