Public policies for professional education in Brazil and its historical context

ABSTRACT

Although it establishes in art. 9 of Decree 2.208 that the subjects of the technical and professional education curriculum must be taught by professionals properly prepared in advance through regular undergraduate courses or special pedagogical training programs, the practice points to an action different from that recommended in the article and , as observed, are educators who need a more global training that helps them to understand and account for the changes that have taken place in professional training, so that they can articulate the necessary methodological and thematic innovations in a comprehensive and coherent proposal. During the research, the objective was to analyze the trajectory of educational public policies in the professional sphere in Brazil. For that, a historical recovery was carried out, which has as its starting point the 20th century, reaching the present day. A qualitative methodological perspective was adopted, in which the process is highlighted. Throughout the article, the processes of complexification of the directions of educational policy in Brazil are highlighted. Movement that is confused with the emergence of new dynamics, such as the globalization of the economy, as well as with the new forms taken by National States.

Keywords: Technical education. Professional education. Professional preparation. Globalization.