RESIGNIFICATION OF THE CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK OF HIGH SCHOOL IN POTIGUAR ACCORDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Educational Policy, Curriculum, New High School, Scientific Literacy, Socioscientific Issues
In recent years, we have seen changes in Brazilian educational policies, such as the implementation of the BNCC, the High School Reform, and the BNC-Formação, among others. Key features include the standardization of the national curriculum, the use of national and international assessments, the influence of political actors and private institutions, and the development of competency- and skill-based curricula. These changes, often tied to neoliberal ideology and supported by international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have intensified in several countries. Brazil is no exception. The publication of the National Common Curricular Base and Law No. 13,415/2017 resulted in the implementation of a new curriculum both nationally and in the states, an increase in workload, changes in teacher training, and the production of textbooks, among other changes. In Rio Grande do Norte, this movement materialized with the approval of the Curricular Reference for the New Potiguar High School, a guiding document for the state curriculum. With so many changes, we wonder what the situation is for school teachers? Particularly for public school teachers in small municipalities located geographically distant from large urban centers. Specifically, we propose to investigate the redefinition of public school teachers in our context, a small town in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Norte with a single high school. To this end, we analyzed the document, supported by Stephen Ball and his collaborators' Public Policy Cycle and other references, and conducted a semi-structured interview with three Natural Sciences teachers from the school, based on Patrick Charaudeau Discourse Analysis from the semiolinguistic perspective. Preliminary results point to partial knowledge among the teachers regarding the New Potiguar High School, difficulties interpreting the curricular reference document, the lack of terms such as interdisciplinarity, problems with continuing education, among other challenges.