Políticas de currículo: o ensino da língua portuguesa em um município do sudoeste goiano

Abstract

This research focuses on Curriculum Policy: the teaching of Portuguese in the basic education in Jataí-GO. The researching question was defined like this: How is being developed the teaching of Portuguese in schools from the Municipal Education Council in Jataí-GO? The research is justified taking into consideration that the teaching of Portuguese is part of the curriculum since the basic education, and its form has been diversified in its several stages, that is perceived as ineffective. It is highlighted that there is no data regarding the way in which the teaching of Portuguese is developed in Jataí-GO. The general aim of this research was to investigate the teaching of Portuguese in the curriculum policy for the basic education in Jataí-GO. The documentary research, with qualitative focus, made use of official documents regarding the curriculum and some Portuguese lesson plans in schools of the municipal council. A theoretical referential was elaborated in order to support the analysis of the collected data and the critical theory elements of the curriculum was privileged. This research argues that the Portuguese lesson plans from schools in Jataí-GO follow the guidance of the national documents and the Curriculum Reference of the State of Goiás Education Council. As a result, this research points that the development of the curriculum of Portuguese in the municipal council, according to the documents analyzed, follows the perspective of the social and cultural reproduction, once there are no evidences in the lesson plans that teachers work in order to the student’s political formation or his/her emancipation never mind the construction of a contextualized and historical awareness.