Research on professionalization and teacher professional development and continuous training from a gender perspective: policies and inequalities in Latin American teachers

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https://doi.org/10.5212/retepe.v.10.25516.010

Abstract

This study presents a state-of-the-art review of continuing teacher training policies in Latin America and the Caribbean from a gender perspective, with the aim of understanding the role of gender in this field: as a native category of educational policy—training content and implementation criteria—and as an analytical category. A systematic review of academic literature and cooperation agency documents published between 2015 and 2025 in regional and international databases was conducted. The production of knowledge on continuing education is analyzed in four topics: gender on the global agenda, gender as content, trajectories and models, and teacher preferences and demands. The incorporation of gender complicates teacher training policies and their analysis, enables an understanding of power relations in education systems, and reveals itself as a theory and lever for cultural change towards equity in training and teaching. The gender perspective is linked to the general problems of professional development and promotes collective reflection on practice, the problematization of the personal as political, and the development of collective support strategies, typical of feminism and gender theory.

Keywords: Continuing teacher education. Professionalization. Gender. Latin America. Inequalities.

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Carolina Gamba, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Programa Educación, Conocimiento y Sociedad, Área Educación, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas (CONICET). Becaria doctoral. Magíster en Ciencias Sociales con mención en Educación (FLACSO). Licenciada y Profesora de Sociología (Universidad de Buenos Aires).

Sebastián Gerardo Fuentes, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Programa Educación, Conocimiento y Sociedad, Área Educación, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas (CONICET). Investigador. Doctor en Antropología Social (IDAES/UNSAM). Magíster en Ciencias Sociales con mención en Educación (FLACSO), Licenciado y Profesor de Filosofía (USAL).

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2025-11-05

How to Cite

GAMBA, C.; FUENTES, S. G. Research on professionalization and teacher professional development and continuous training from a gender perspective: policies and inequalities in Latin American teachers. Revista de Estudios Teóricos y Epistemológicos en Política Educativa, [S. l.], v. 10, p. 1–20, 2025. DOI: 10.5212/retepe.v.10.25516.010. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/retepe/article/view/25516. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Políticas educativas. Tendencias actuales en la producción de conocimientos en América Latina