Racial issues and curricular fissures: a decolonial perspective on teacher training
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https://doi.org/10.5335/rep.v33.17692Keywords:
Curriculum, Pedagogy Undergraduate Course, Teacher training, DecolonialityAbstract
Abstract
The modern/colonial project privileges Eurocentric ways of thinking. From this perspective, universities value European knowledge through pedagogical practices and curricula, disseminating the universalization of knowledge. Law 10.639 of 2003 has created fissures in the curriculum of undergraduate Pedagogy programs by demarcating the discussion of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in initial teacher training. This article aims to discuss, from a decolonial perspective, how racial issues are addressed in the Pedagogy undergraduate program at State University of Bahia, Campus XV. The methodological approach was based on a documentary analysis of the course syllabi and plans for the Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture curriculum component. Although this component enables anti-racist reflections in initial Pedagogy training, ethnic-racial discussions are treated as secondary topics in the curriculum. Thus, decolonial training is urgently needed to rupture with the Eurocentric model of education and curriculum in undergraduate courses.
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