The Resolution of the CNE (Brazilian Board of Education) instituting National Curriculum Guidelines for pedagogy undergraduate courses revives the debate around the nature of pedagogical knowledge, of pedagogy courses, of licenciatura courses to train teachers and of the professional exercise of teachers and specialists in education. This paper criticizes the contents of this document pointing out that it maintains old conceptual imprecisions concerning the pedagogical field. Such imprecisions do not contribute to overcome the problems that have accumulated in the legislation on the subject. This Resolution thus bring little advance to enhance the quality of the Brazilian basic education schools. The theoretical and prescriptive deficiencies of the Resolution demand a different understanding of the concept of pedagogy. Another curriculum option for the professional training of educators, be they teachers or education specialists, is thus needed.
Curriculum guidelines for pedagogy courses; Training policies for education professionals; Pedagogical knowledge; Pedagogical training and teacher training