Contemporary teacher education: contributions and learning

Abstract

The birth of the XXI century provided changes in various spheres of society, including education. In this perspective, a survey that aimed to analyze and evaluate the contributions of an extension course conducted at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB), Campus Itapetinga, whose proposal was to make through debates, discussions and reflections was performed the training of teachers through the challenge of contemporaneity. The research was qualitative, descriptive type and survey and participants in this research were 52 course participants. The training could provide moments of reflection and change. Another important point in this work was to realize the importance of the relationship between teaching, research and extension to promote the formation of this new faculty. Thus, it is worth thinking in teacher training as required in this complex and changes so lacking in society.