“…Several authors claim that the Brazilian academic environment still has not paid proper attention to the formation of social educators, before their significant work responsibility, and its political and social relevance in a scenario of a country, such as Brazil, with income inequalities (Canastra & Malheiro, 2009;Caro & Guzzo, 2004;Gohn, 2006Gohn, , 2009Ribeiro, 2006;Rodrigues, 2005;Soares & Marinho-Araujo, 2010). In fact, what are observed are "inadequacies of well-intended educators (professionals), considering their lack of formation, support and even advisory from professionals from several work fields" (Caro & Guzzo, 2004: p. 16).…”