Profissão docente na América Latina: leituras comparadas

Abstract

The text aims to carry out a theoretical-methodological analysis of comparative studies in the teaching profession in Latin America. The first part of the text discusses the historical construction of comparative education. The second part of the text analyzes studies, dated between 2000 and 2015, that approach the theme of the teaching profession in a comparative way in Latin America. The texts analyzed cover the following issues relevant to the field of study of the teaching profession: History of the teaching profession and teacher education in Latin America; The training and professional development of teachers in Latin America; Educational policies and the restructuring of teaching training and work in Latin America; Teaching work in Latin America; Teacher unionism in Latin America; Current challenges of the teaching profession in Latin America; Communities of Practice and Teacher Professional Development in Latin American Schools; Policies and programs to support beginning teachers in Latin America; Cultural diversity and teacher education in Latin America. In the present work, an epistemological exercise is carried out to understand how the existing comparisons between countries in selected studies on the teaching profession in Latin America are formulated, seeking to explain these measurements and the outline of the look to which they lead. At the end, the similarities and differences found in their theoretical-methodological approaches are pointed out in broad terms.