Education and democracy: Base nacional comum curricular and novo ensino medio under the academic educational entities's view

Abstract

This article analyzes the formulation and the involved interests, as well as the objectives of two new legislations which modify aspects of the Brazilian education structure: the binomial novo ensino medio-Base Nacional Comum Curricular during the Michel Temer's government (2016-2018). In this way, the position of three representative entities of the educational area were selected: the Brazilian Curriculum Association (ABdC), the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Education (ANPEd), and the National Association for the Formation of Education Professionals (Anfope). Through the mapping of notes, newsletters and other documents issued by these three representative entities of the educational area research, curriculum and teacher training, the points that weaken the right to education by the analysis of three main axes were analyzed: democracy in the context of neoliberalism; the right to education and wider knowledge of youth; and the measures which appoint for the privatization of the education.