The article is based on an inter-institutional research that focuses on the broader context in which policies for teacher education are formulated and implemented in the São Paulo state. Also, it aims to contribute to the elucidation of the present forces in movements of curricular reform in undergraduate courses, collating data and socio-cultural and institutional surrounding aspects. The analysis focuses on the educational projects of two Language courses of two public universities in São Paulo. These institutions have, in recent years, developed projects or actions of teacher training for basic school, and, it is in this context that the pedagogical projects are analyzed, that is, they are taken as examples of differentiated paths that universities create, influenced by their history. The research procedure adopted was based on document analysis; besides, the concept of curriculum in process also oriented the developed reflections. As in other studies, the paper reasserts that the necessary integration between pedagogical knowledge and knowledge from areas of reference remains difficult. Also, that the existing circumstances in the creation of courses and the superimposed training left their marks on the institutions, and attempts to overcome them are sparse and do not represent generalized models. That emphasizes the importance of the continuation of research about the curriculum of undergraduate courses.
teacher training; curriculum; higher education