CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE TOCANTINS AMAZON

Abstract

The present work is an excerpt and aims to analyze the actions, programs and government projects of continuing education of teachers in Tocantins, in the period from 2000 to 2010, in the final years of Elementary School. The methodological path of the investigation is characterized as documentary bibliographic research. To this end, the following programs were analyzed: Parameters in Action (2000), Teaching Quality Improvement Program (2003), United Municipalities Project for the Development of Education in Tocantins (MUDE-TO/1999-2000), GESTAR II (2007), Cesgranrio Foundation (2003) and the State Education Plan (2006/2025). In addition to the state documents, it is important to highlight the National Education Plan (PNE) and National Curriculum Parameters (PCNs). From this point of view, an analysis of the socio-political context in which these projects were implemented and their contributions to the basic education of teachers in the Tocantins Amazon was sought.  Thus, the data reveal that the training still needs a state program of continuing education for Amazonian teachers so that they can empower themselves with knowledge to socially resignify lives.