(Science) teacher education in England: technical-rationality and depoliticisation of science education

Authors

  • Haira Gandolfi Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2025.106722

Keywords:

Teacher Education, Teacher Work, Science Education, Public Policies, England

Abstract

Neste editorial apresentarei um breve panorama das reformas e políticas educacionais relacionadas à formação e ao trabalho de professores na Inglaterra, prestando especial atenção em como elas vêm moldando, nas últimas décadas, a formação e o trabalho de professores de ciências no país baseados em uma perspectiva técnico-racional e apolítica. Como educadora científica atuante tanto na formação inicial quanto na formação contínua de professores na Inglaterra, me preocupo particularmente com o fato de que questões sociocientíficas e de justiça social cada vez mais complexas e interligadas tornaram-se a norma em todo o mundo nas últimas décadas, evidenciando a crescente complexidade das relações entre conhecimento e práticas científicas, desafios e injustiças sociopolíticas. No entanto, como busco examinar neste editorial, as políticas relacionadas aos professores de ciências na Inglaterra parecem permanecer enraizadas em uma perspectiva técnico-racional, frequentemente retratando a ciência e o trabalho dos professores de ciências – incluindo a sua formação – por meio de uma lente positivista, neutras, objetiva e desconectada de questões de poder, de cultura e das estruturas e práticas sociopolíticas.

Author Biography

Haira Gandolfi, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

Haira Gandolfi is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge/UK. She has a PhD in Education from the University College London/UCL (UK), and a MSc in Science Education and a BSc in Chemistry Teaching from the University of Campinas/UNICAMP (Brazil). She has experience in Chemistry teaching at secondary and postsecondary levels in Brazil, and her research interests are Science Education, and History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Decolonial Curricula and Pedagogies, Radical and Critical Education, and Teacher Education.

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Published

2025-05-12

How to Cite

Gandolfi, H. (2025). (Science) teacher education in England: technical-rationality and depoliticisation of science education. Caderno Brasileiro De Ensino De Física, 42(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2025.106722