Contemporary school: the importance of continuing education

ABSTRACT

This study aims to understand the importance of the role of the school in social formation and, therefore, needs to be

known and analyzed within society as an environment of change. The contemporaneity requires permanent analysis of the

practice and the countless changes in the social, cultural, political and economic systems, this imposition presents itself

both as a condition to accompany the evolution of knowledge, and to redirect the teaching actions in search of meeting

the new demands educational. This article refers to the new meaning of education and knowledge in contemporary times,

it addresses conceptual references, taking them as the basis for a critical refl ection on continuing education. Emphasizes

the importance of a contemporary conception that encompasses, alongside the scientifi c dimension, a sociocultural

perspective and teacher training, through an interdisciplinary approach.

Keywords: continuing education; society; teacher training.