BNCC determinism versus plural curriculum

an invitation to debate

Abstract

With the aim of promoting reflections, discussions and studies on the legal and ideological issues surrounding the Common Core National Curriculum (Base Nacional Comum Curricular - BNCC), an extension activity was carried out in the Pedagogy course at a public higher education institution. This text presents an analytical-critical account of this extension activity on how the public school system in the city of Teresina (PI) has been implementing the BNCC in municipal schools. For this purpose, the following issue is displayed: is it appropriate to propose and demand a single curriculum, as determined by the BNCC, to be experienced throughout the country, ignoring the diversity and multiculturalism that exists in Brazil? And as a general objective, we sought to discuss curricular issues at the different levels of Basic Education, analyzing the legal issues and the reality surrounding the curriculum. To do so, some legal documents, theoretical and bibliographic references were analyzed, round tables were held on the subject, and data was collected through interviews with teachers who work in Basic Education in schools in this public education network. There is a need for reflection and study on the impact of the implementation of the BNCC on curricular practice in different educational realities, in order to raise awareness about the implications for teachers’ pedagogical practice in terms of the school, political and social education of students. There is therefore an urgent need to invest in the continuing education of professionals in basic education schools and in teacher training courses, in order to understand the political, ideological and educational intentions of the BNCC in the field of the school curriculum.