Policies for English Language Teacher Education in Brazil Today: Preliminary Remarks
In the last decade Brazil has begun to tackle the educational challenges of a developing country with a young population. The scale of such a demand is a result of the social and cultural inequalities that have historically been existent. Recent official policies and programs have addressed this gap...
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2016-01-01
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| author | Telma Gimenez Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira Rosângela Aparecida Alves Basso Roberta Carvalho Cruvinel |
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| description | In the last decade Brazil has begun to tackle the educational challenges of a developing country with a young population. The scale of such a demand is a result of the social and cultural inequalities that have historically been existent. Recent official policies and programs have addressed this gap by promoting greater opportunities for teacher education, and for the teaching of English as a foreign language. In this paper we discuss four of these programs/policies by highlighting their innovative aspects vis-à-vis traditional practices. We conclude that, despite quantitative advances, much still needs to be done to guarantee qualitative improvements in areas such as the curriculum in order to challenge the continuing influence of predominant ideologies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f9b5c9765ec74e57bd5bdfd7f59fd5752025-08-20T03:20:04ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902016-01-01181219234Policies for English Language Teacher Education in Brazil Today: Preliminary RemarksTelma Gimenez0Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira1Rosângela Aparecida Alves Basso2Roberta Carvalho Cruvinel3Universidade Estadual de LondrinaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de MaringáUniversidade Federal de GoiásIn the last decade Brazil has begun to tackle the educational challenges of a developing country with a young population. The scale of such a demand is a result of the social and cultural inequalities that have historically been existent. Recent official policies and programs have addressed this gap by promoting greater opportunities for teacher education, and for the teaching of English as a foreign language. In this paper we discuss four of these programs/policies by highlighting their innovative aspects vis-à-vis traditional practices. We conclude that, despite quantitative advances, much still needs to be done to guarantee qualitative improvements in areas such as the curriculum in order to challenge the continuing influence of predominant ideologies.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/48740BrazileducationEnglish as a foreign languagepolicyprograms |
| spellingShingle | Telma Gimenez Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira Rosângela Aparecida Alves Basso Roberta Carvalho Cruvinel Policies for English Language Teacher Education in Brazil Today: Preliminary Remarks Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development Brazil education English as a foreign language policy programs |
| title | Policies for English Language Teacher Education in Brazil Today: Preliminary Remarks |
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