Essay on pedagogical intentionality and tradition: tensioning to an educative principle

Abstract

In this reflection text I develop a discussion centered in the tensioning between pedagogical intentionality and tradition as an important task in teacher action. From theoretical and experiential teacher training sources, I point pedagogical intentionality as deeper educational tool then tradition when faced with a tensioning process. By argumentation process, based on facts statements, position taking, and theoretical articulation, I present qualitative methodology carried out in this text. In this sense, I made differentiations between pedagogical intentionality and tradition from others authors and the reflection specificities. Teachers’ actions and school subjects are problematized in terms of pedagogical intentionality and tradition differentiations to direct the tensioning as educational principle to think about in teaching both in general education and specifically in science education. In the end, I assume in the reflection the tensioning process more productive then using pedagogical intentionality and tradition separately and reassert my intention to problematize and contribute with knowledge production in educational field, particularly in teacher training.