The professional training of social workers in post-Bologna Process Portugal (2024)

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https://doi.org/10.12957/rep.2025.91727

Keywords:

Portugal, professional training, Social Work, Bologna Process

Abstract

This text aims to present some aspects of the professional training of social workers in Portugal today (2024), in the context Bologna process. Use documentary research and analisis Study Plans of the 17 Social Work degrees in the country. We understand that Portuguese socio-historical training lays the foundation for the development of the profession in the country. In this sense, this article exposes aspects of this training, highlighting the processes initiated in Portugal's inclination towards Europe, with its accession to the European Community and the Bologna Process. The “idea of harmonization” and the search for standardization of higher education in Social Work training post-Bologna imply limitations in the perspective of consolidating critical professional training.

Author Biographies

Alexandra Aparecida Leite Toffanetto Seabra Eiras, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora/MG, Brasil. E-mail: alexandra.eiras@ufjf.br. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4095-7950.

Alzira Maria Baptista Lewgoy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. E-mail alzira.lewgoy@ufrgs.br. Orcid: .https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-3111.

Cláudia Mônica dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora/MG, Brasil. E-mail: cmonicasantos@gmail.com. Orcid: https://orcid.org/000-002-5823-2950.

Kathiúscia Aparecida Freitas Pereira Coelho, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Londrina/PR, Brasil. E-mail: kathiuscia@uel.br. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1952-7633.

Published

2025-05-30

How to Cite

Eiras, A. A. L. T. S., Lewgoy, A. M. B., dos Santos, C. M., & Coelho, K. A. F. P. (2025). The professional training of social workers in post-Bologna Process Portugal (2024). Revista Em Pauta: Teoria Social E Realidade contemporânea, 23(59). https://doi.org/10.12957/rep.2025.91727

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Artigos - Dossiê Temático | Articles - Thematic Dossier