Abstract
This work is the result of bibliographic research on contemporary pedagogical thought. Historical meanings of Brazilian education that have constituted a school / education project, and the historical marks of being a teacher, are inquired. Our goal is to investigate, in political and pedagogical thinking of Brazilian education, which aspects of education determine both an educational project and a teaching project. Both Brazilian education historicity and of what it means to be a teacher make it possible to understand how the present enables the making of a social and emancipatory project.
Keywords:
Education project; Historicity; Meaning of education and of being a teacher; Teaching work