ABSTRACT
The commitment of Higher Education institutions with the training of professionals working in Basic Education has been the subject of discussions in different historical and political moments. In the setting of public policies on graduation in Brazil, the Professional Masters are presented as a new element to the debate, given that its features are directed to the professional development of individuals. This reflection focuses on the potential contribution of this emerging reality to the development of teacher autonomy and professionality within a horizon of multiple challenges. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to carry out a reflection on the process of structuring and implementing a Postgraduate Program in Education based on the understanding of the concepts of autonomy and teaching professionality, having as theoretical basis the approaches by Gimeno Sacristán (1995), Tardif (2002), Contreras (2002) and Morgado (2005 and 2011), among others. This Program, which aims at the training of teachers and educators who work in Basic Education schools, is analyzed from different perspectives, assuming that the composition and definition of the faculty profile results from the very conception and purposes of the Program.
Keywords:
Professional master; Basic Education; autonomy; professionality