Federal network of professional, scientific and technological education in Brazil: reflections on its creation in the light of the educational proposals of Antonio Gramsci
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https://doi.org/10.21527/2179-1309.2022.119.13181Keywords:
Concepção de educação, Educação profissional e tecnológica, Gramsci, Trabalho e educaçãoAbstract
The expansion of vacancies in Professional and Technological Education (EPT), through the creation of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFs), was one of the most prominent educational policies in the Lula administrations (2003-2011). This article seeks to analyze the proximity between the concept of EPT implicit in the creation of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education and the educational proposals of Antonio Gramsci. Such proposals were discussed based on documentary research considering their historicity, a fundamental aspect for a better understanding of the theoretical formulations and educational proposals at the time. With regard to the possibilities of applying Gramscian proposals in the national EPT educational system, the public policy for the creation of IFs was analyzed based on Law n. 11,892/2008. It was found that the legal text brings great approximation to Gramscian ideals by creating specialized institutes offering everything from initial and continuing training of workers to undergraduate and graduate technological professional education in all branches of investigation and scientific work, in all States of Brazil, a fruitful environment for the development of both disinterested and interested training, with a strong link between theory and practice, stimulating a critical spirit aimed at empirical investigation.
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