Resumen

This paper aims to problematize the concepts of “intellectual” and “expertise and experts” with the purpose of bringing elements to an ongoing debate in research that investigates processes that constitute knowledge in teacher training and teaching. For the discussion, the following guiding question was considered: “Are the concepts ‘intellectual’ and ‘expert’ synonyms?” recurrent demand of the cited researches. The narrative was elaborated based on researches that investigate the evolution of the “intellectual field” as well as researches that analyse constitutive processes of the “sciences field of education”.