Museums as a space for teachers' cultural training What museums in Rio de Janeiro offer teachers

Abstract

Teachers’ cultural training is a subject that has been causing growing interest in academia. This paper focuses on the museum, a space for non-formal education, as an educational and formative place whose potential is under-exploited. The article presents part of a research conducted in 2020 and aims to understand how museums have become a space for teacher training and their expectations regarding what museums offer. Based on data generated by a questionnaire addressed to teachers of early childhood education and primary schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the dialogue with authors from the field, the text presents inputs to think about how this meeting has been occurring and cues so that the museum becomes a potent locus of continuous training. The data indicate that, although teachers still perceive the museum as a complementary space to teaching, there is a growing recognition of the importance of cultural equipment for human development that transforms teaching practice beyond the school curriculum.