A INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL GENERATIVA E A FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE PARA A ERA DIGITAL

The article analyzes the challenges and possibilities that emerge in teacher education within a context marked by the advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and the profound transformations in teaching and learning processes. Through a bibliographic review, it discusses how emerging technologies are redefining the competencies required of contemporary educators, demanding a more critical, creative, and reflective stance toward digital tools. The study emphasizes the importance of incorporating dimensions such as digital literacy, computational thinking, technological ethics, and an understanding of the social impacts of AI in education into both initial and continuing teacher training curricula. The findings indicate an urgent need to redesign educational programs so that teachers assume a leading role in technological mediation and the pedagogical use of AI, thereby strengthening their autonomy and ethical commitment. It concludes that teacher education should be understood as a continuous and emancipatory process capable of articulating technology, humanity, and social transformation, preparing educators to act consciously and innovatively in increasingly complex and digitalized educational contexts.