The continuing education of early childhood education teachers in a city in the interior of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil

Abstract

Continuing education should be seen as a process that brings benefits to the teacher, contributing positively to the educational practice. Thinking about this issue, this article sought, through the application of a questionnaire for teachers of the Early Childhood Education modality (Pre I and Pre II) in the municipality of Santo Antônio de Pádua-RJ, Brazil, to investigate the teaching participation in training or updating courses, in addition to demonstrate the importance that the constant process of formation represents for the teaching work, where the teachers could express the importance that the continuous formation provides or has already provided in their work as a teacher. Continuing education should be seen as a way for teachers to reinvent their practice and contribute to the teaching of students, where teachers can review their concepts and evaluate their practice, building and forming new ideas that can help in their work. In view of the teachers' statements, we conclude the need for a constant training process, as a way for the teacher to reinvent their work and contribute to their personal growth, in the face of the various changes that we undergo daily and that impact the teaching and learning of students.