摘要：The objective of this piece of work is to identify the space of in-service formation in Youth and Adult Education in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state high schools, as a possible formation space of a specific EJA/RS (Youth and Adult Education) knowledge. In order to fulfill this task, we took into account the different conceptions on teaching knowledge noticed by some authors of the area such as Tardif, Zeichner, Schön, Maldaner and Freire. We stated we agree with the theories on teaching profession by Garcia, Hypólito and Vieira, thus defining our understanding of theory/practice and theoretical potentiality. Key words : in-service formation space, knowledge, teaching professionalization.
