DECONSTRUCTING PRACTICE TO RECREATE THEORY: how teachers for inclusive education are trained

Abstract

In this article, we present what the Laboratory of Studies and Research in Teaching and Difference (SRTD) of the Faculty of Education (FE) of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) has recently produced, aiming at the continuing education of teachers. We refer, more specifically, to the actions that have the support of the Extension School (EXTECAMP) of UNICAMP. We deal with our experiences in the construction and development of cultural diffusion courses, which have provided us with the deconstruction of educational knowledge based on the rites of Modernity. With this, we have been able to implement and develop our formative projects, on a small and large scale. As creators and teachers of some of the courses that are offered by the Laboratory, we have been reflecting on ways to make a process of teacher training, at a distance, closer to the school reality experienced by those who are on "school grounds". Another concern has been the issue of accessibility of content.  Our training proposals are based on the teaching paradigm. From the evaluations of the courses, the participants revealed to us the impact that this type of training had on their practices and studies. We have observed the positive strength that the composition between philosophy, literature and art, specific to the innovative aesthetics of SRTD courses, exerts in the training of participating teachers.