REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING, RESEARCH AND TEACHER EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

Abstract

This paper aims at reflecting on some issues regarding teacher education in contemporary society; its main principle is the triad teaching, research, and education, inseparable and indispensable aspects for qualifying education. It is a theoretical discussion based on a bibliographical review with an emphasis on reflection, which is fundamental to the critical discussion about teacher education. The proposal for a reflection based on new paradigms makes us rethink teacher education in college where the teacher may be taught neither to research nor to face an explicit pedagogical practice, regarding its underlying theories. The results have shown that it is necessary to graduate critical and creative professionals. We have arrived at the conclusion that only post-graduation courses have been able to teach how to research and have taken into account new paradigms and behaviors of subjects who construct themselves and their own history.