A A incerteza na docência

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the presence of uncertainty in teaching, based on a theoretical-practical dialogue. The theoretical part was based on the authors Boaventura Sousa Santos (2006), Maria Isabel da Cunha (2002), Paulo Freire (1996; 1987) and Edgar Morin (2001; 2005). And the practical part consisted of reflective reports about an internship in higher education. The methodological procedures were based on complex thinking (MORIN; CIURANA; MOTTA, 2003) which assumes the subdivision of the method into a program and strategy, taking as a guide the general objective and allowing the problematizations to arise during the dialogue (theoretical-practical) . The reflection started from three different fronts: a) the theoretical contribution coming from a discipline of the Master's course in Education called Teaching Seminar in Higher Education, b) the theoretical contribution coming from readings for a Master's research in Education and c) the reflective practice of a teaching experience in higher education. Throughout the process, the reflections established showed the need for changes, with regard to the teacher's posture, in the face of uncertainties, both professionally and in other dimensions, changing the understanding that the ideal is stability and starting to understand that orders and disorders are part of the complex reality.   Keywords: teaching, higher education, uncertainty, complexity.