When dignity doesn't fit the curriculum.

An analysis of the initial training of teachers in Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.086.DS12

Keywords:

Formação docente, Educação em Direitos Humanos, Pedagogia, Decolonialidade, Currículo

Abstract

This article employs a content analysis of 220 Course Pedagogical Projects (CPPs) from public and private institutions to examine the incorporation of Human Rights Education (HRE) in the curricula of Pedagogy courses in Brazil. The findings indicate that HRE persists in a marginalized state, frequently addressed in a fragmented, elective, and non-interdisciplinary manner, exhibiting an absence of centrality in the realm of teacher education. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, drawing on critical and decolonial theoretical frameworks. The analysis reveals that equality, liberty, and identity are the most frequently cited principles, while key dimensions such as ethno-racial, gender, affective-sexual, and more-than-human relations are rarely addressed. These patterns are interpreted as symptoms of a formation project that remains grounded in a universal myth of humanity that suppresses other ways of being and knowing. The article proposes decolonial HRE as an ethical and insurgent practice, advocating for a teacher education that values dignity as a relational, political, and planetary principle.

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Eliana Batista Souza, Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

Doutora em Ciências da Educação e em Educação Brasileira.

Carlos Franscisco de Sousa Reis, Coimbra University

Carlos Francisco de Sousa Reis holds a degree in philosophy and completed his PhD in Education Sciences at the University of Coimbra in 2008. He was Coordinating Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda and is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra.

Luis Távora Furtado Ribeiro, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Full Professor at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate (Master’s and PhD) programs in Education. He holds a BA, MA, and PhD from UFC and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) under the supervision of Michel Löwy. Former director of the Faculty of Education at UFC (2003–2011), he also has ten years of experience teaching in basic education. His work focuses on teacher education, education policy, social movements, history of education, and the sociology and philosophy of education. He coordinates a research project on public policies for teacher training in Brazil. Member of ANFOPE, evaluator for INEP/MEC, and collaborator in academic partnerships with universities in France, Spain, Israel, and Chile. Member of international committees such as Marx au XXIe siècle (Sorbonne). Author of cordel literature since 2018.

Published

2025-09-11

How to Cite

Souza, E. B., Reis, C. F. de S., & Ribeiro, L. T. F. (2025). When dignity doesn’t fit the curriculum.: An analysis of the initial training of teachers in Brazil. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 25(86), 1342–1356. https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.086.DS12