EXPERIENCE REPORT FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL

Abstract

Exchange programs provide an opportunity to exchange experiences and personal, cultural and professional knowledge. In the field of education, the main objective is to include pedagogical knowledge that enriches professional practice. This study addresses the experience of an exchange program and its contribution to teacher training, analyzing the close relationships established with people from different countries during the master's degree period. Collaboration allows teachers, managers and students to have access to different perspectives on the teaching and learning process, in addition to promoting the development of joint projects, research and the internationalization of educational institutions. In addition, exchange programs contribute to strengthening cultural and historical ties, in this case, between Brazil and Portugal. Therefore, this work presents an experience report, as it is a production of knowledge focused on intercultural academic experience in education. The exchange experience at a Portuguese university, with visits to schools and hospitals with a group of professionals working in education from various countries, such as Angola, Cape Verde, Italy, Portugal and Brazil, had a pedagogical and formative bias, achieving the objective of dialogue between theory and practice among the disciplines, theoretical and field study. In conclusion, it is possible to state that, in addition to achieving the objectives proposed for the study, there were numerous benefits resulting from the development of this activity.