Política curricular do novo ensino médio: tecnologias da governamentalidade neoliberal

Abstract

This article discusses how the technologies of neoliberal governmentality move according to the control of teaching practices. It is argued that educational policies work as mechanisms of this governmentality and that these mechanisms produce acceptability among individuals when some tactics are activated. This argument unfolds in the understanding that the functioning of these mechanisms is linked to the legal field, so that an entire set of regulations is elaborated, making the neoliberal discourse official in the field of education. The policy focused on the national curriculum (BNCC) unfolds in the field of other educational policies, such as the management and financing of education, teacher training, the acquisition and distribution of books and teaching materials and the evaluation of the educational system. We argue that the focus on the curriculum aims to guide teaching behavior. We start from the analysis of documents that regulate the high school reform imposed by Law n. 13.415/2017. The reading and analysis of the documents followed the line of thought of the philosopher Michel Foucault, specifically, in his understanding of the notions of discourse, knowledge/power relationship, government and governmentality.