Free Thinking and the Academic Education of Teachers

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https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v13.n2.a7241

Abstract

This article seeks to discuss, conceptualize and point out that free thinking, as a guiding principle, can contribute to teacher training due to its integrative character. The approach to free thinking begins with Socrates, when this philosopher established that questioning is an essential part of the use of reason, and also for the integral education of the individual. In addition to the roots of free thinking in ancient Greece, the thinking of the modern philosopher Immanuel Kant is added, which points out that autonomous thinking must be cultivated, as the individual, through the critical use of reason, becomes enlightened. A historical-conceptual line is established on free thought as a guiding principle that proposes the search for enlightenment, contributing to the integral educational process – a counterpoint to the technicality still present in teacher training and noticeable in Resolution CNE/CP number 2/2019. The technical tendency in the training of educators emphasizes the transmission of knowledge by teachers, implies training limited to one area of knowledge – as such, still distant from integral formation. Free thinking is presented with its integrative character, as a possibility to provide a comprehensive training for teachers, who, in turn, will also be recognized as free thinkers and intellectuals. This article is an initial discussion, in the sense of making free thinking visible as a guiding principle for the educational process of teachers in the different areas of knowledge, promoting the integration of knowledge channeled towards comprehensive training.

Keywords: Free thinking. Education. Teacher.

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Author Biographies

  • Denise Teresinha Grziwotz Scienza, IFRS

    Especialista em Educação: integração de saberes pelo IFRS - Campus Canoas. Graduada em Letras pela Universidade La Salle. Professora de Língua Portuguesa e Língua Inglesa. Revisora e tradutora de Português/Inglês.

  • Vicente Zatti, IFRS

    Professor de Filosofia do Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Campus Canoas. Pós-doutorado em Filosofia da Educação pela USP. Doutorado em Mestrado em Educação pela UFRGS. Licenciatura em Filosofia pela FAFIMC.

Published

2024-12-16

How to Cite

Free Thinking and the Academic Education of Teachers. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 13, n. 2, 2024. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v13.n2.a7241. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/7241. Acesso em: 15 jun. 2026.