Educação corporativa: aprendizagem significativa no âmbito das empresas

Brazilian companies have made investments in education to overcome crises, to acquire competitiveness to deal with the challenges of the current economy and to achieve their strategic objectives. This article aims to discuss the application of the theory of meaningful learning to the development of good teaching practices in corporate education. A qualitative research was carried out, based on the descriptive literature review, which revealed structures and trends regarding the applicability of the theoretical assumptions of meaningful learning in the teaching and learning processes in companies. The results indicate that, for meaningful learning to occur in corporate education, it is necessary that the didactic processes in companies are more inclusive in relation to new knowledge, considering the importance of the individuals previous knowledge.