Projeto de Vida no ensino médio: currículo oficial e currículo em ação em escolas do Programa Ensino Integral do estado de São Paulo

Abstract

The investigation that gave rise to this dissertation was developed within the scope of the Study and Research Group on School Organization: Democracy, Human Rights and Manager Training – DEFORGES. The problem investigated is the following question: how do teachers perceive the implications teaching of the Life Project subject in the training of high school students in Comprehensive Education Program (PEI)? The general objective was to characterize these perceptions within the scope of this subject, in high school, in three PEI schools in the southwest of the São Paulo state. The specific objective was to investigate how teachers understood student improvement from the curricular perspective of the Life Project subject. The methodology used was education research qualitative exploratory, using document analysis, semi-structured interviews and classes observations as research instrument. The results obtained showed that teachers were not clear about the curriculum plan of the Life Project subject. Furthermore, teachers found it difficult to carry out school work and, sometimes, the teaching becomes unfeasible. In addition, education professionals pointed out the disconnection between the guidelines, the materials prescribed by the São Paulo State Department of Education (SEDUC-SP) and the real conditions for the development of this subject. The results also showed that the intentions of these guidelines and materials seem to be purposefully related to the qualification of labor for the job market in the current neoliberal context.