LIFE PROJECT IN MINAS GERAIS: ANYTHING GOES? DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TEACHING PROFILE FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM COMPONENT

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the guidelines of the Minas Gerais State Department of Education regarding the implementation of the curricular component of the New High School - Life Project - in terms of not defining a teacher profile to teach the subject. Analyzing a set of curricular documents, the guidelines for implementing a Life Project in Minas Gerais and the summary of a Sociology textbook, we carried out a document analysis and comparison of the contents to demonstrate the alignment between the themes oriented to the Life Project and the curricular content of the Sociology/Social Sciences subject at school. In spite of all our criticisms and considerations regarding the implementation of the New High School reform and the Life Project; despite the impossibility of immediate revocation of this regulation, we understand that, once it has become a mandatory curricular component, it is imperative to define a teacher profile with adequate training to carry out the teaching and learning process of high school students. Such a measure can contribute, in our view, to mitigate the possible impacts of content developed in a meritocratic, individualistic and decontextualized perspective.