Programa nosso ensino médio: a via empresarial de formação continuada docente no contexto do novo ensino médio em Minas Gerais

Abstract

This dissertation, in the context of Law No. 13,415/2017 and the National Common Curriculum Base, addresses teacher training policies, especially Continuing Education, induced by the aforementioned curriculum policy. It presents, bearing in mind the close relationship that has been established between the business sector, new philanthropy, and educational policies on a global scale, a discussion about the agency of Civil Society Organizations in the definition of the New High School and the National Common Base for Continuing Education, perceived through the concept of corporate education reform. It argues that these political agents have been active in the implementation of these policies on a regional scale, intending to answer the research question: what conception of Continuing Teacher Education did the business sector seek to imprint based on the Continuing Education Policies linked to the National Common Curriculum Base and Secondary Education Reform in the state of Minas Gerais? In this sense, it aims to analyze the concept of Continuing Education employed by the Nosso Ensino Médio Programme, in light of the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Minas Gerais State Department of Education and the Iungo Institute. It therefore has the specific objectives of: i) To discuss the New High School, Law No. 13,415/2017, based on the concept of corporate education reform, the disputes surrounding it in the Brazilian educational policy arena, and the implementation of this policy in Minas Gerais; ii) To comprehend the conceptual displacements promoted by the National Common Curriculum Base in the field of Education and Teacher Training; iii) To analyze the Continuing Education policy of the state of Minas Gerais based on the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Minas Gerais State Department of Education and the Iungo Institute; iv) To map the training activities developed through the privatization of Continuing Education for teachers in Minas Gerais; v) To analyze the concept of Continuing Education that guides the Nosso Ensino Médio Programme in the implementation of the Continuing Education policy in the state of Minas Gerais. The dissertation is based on bibliographic research on the topic, as well as on documentary analysis (Lüdke; André, 2022). Its main references are the works of Freitas (2018), Ball (2005; 2022), Arroyo (2013), Biesta (2012), Fiorentini and Crecci (2013), and Gatti et al. (2019). As final considerations, it points out that the Continuing Education Policy of Minas Gerais, privatized through the Cooperation Agreement established between the State Department of Education and the Iungo Institute, is part of a corporate way to Continuing Education. This conception of Continuing Education for Teachers is presented as a device for reforming teaching professionals in the state education system of Minas Gerais, in the sense of developing a professionalism close to the proletarianization of teachers, with a view to reducing their autonomy and standardizing pedagogical action, transforming teachers into technicians who implement curricula. This is neoliberalism being done in Continuing Education, internalizing its rationality through the articulated action between the business sector, Civil Society Organizations, and the State itself.