TEACHER TRAINING AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE EDUCATION OF ENIC-RACIAL RELATIONS

Abstract

It discusses “teacher training and its intersection with ethnic-racial relations”, in a dialog with the extension project “Weaving networks for the education of ethnic-racial relations”, whose general objective is to promote continuing training in this area for teachers and managers of basic education in the municipality of Londrina-PR. Its aim is to highlight the progress and limitations of teachers in these schools in the process of implementing Law No. 10.639/2003, updated by Law No. 11.645/2008, which makes it compulsory to teach the history of Africa, Africans and indigenous peoples in the primary and secondary school curriculum. The question “What challenges do these laws present to schools, 20 years after they were enacted?”, from a qualitative perspective, led to the analysis of documents, provoking reflection on the implications and guidelines contained in Law 10.639/03, updated in 2008 (BRASIL, 2003; 2008), in the National Guidelines for the Education of Ethnic-Racial Relations (BRASIL, 2004) and others, as well as in the final reports of the extension project in question. The concepts of race, structural and institutional racism are covered, as well as how they fit together to form a theoretical framework that underpins the teaching of ethnic-racial relations in schools. It is argued that it is necessary to qualify the political and pedagogical practice of teachers and managers in order to combat racism in schools.