A importância da educação pública e os impactos do neoliberalismo em sua organização

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the origins, challenges and importance of Public Education and assumes that public schools are a field in dispute, coveted both as a space for the reproduction of capital and as an emancipatory social practice for the working class. Among several issues, the problem of educational duality that has been produced and reproduced throughout the history of public education stands out, with emphasis on the Brazilian reality. A bibliographical research was carried out in academic articles made available by the digital platform Google Scholar, focusing on the relationship between Public Education and Neoliberalism. The aim was to understand the conceptions of public education; the neoliberal impacts on educational policies, the challenges and importance of public education for the working class. The works of Kuenzer (2007 and 1991) were used as a reference to support the discussions on the origins of public schools and educational duality; Lopes (2008). Overall, the work is divided into four topics: Introduction; Public School Education: an object in dispute; Public Education: the neoliberal impacts, its challenges and importance; and Final Considerations. In summary, it was possible to understand that Public Education has been used as an instrument to reproduce the hegemonic interests of capital, in its neoliberal face, but it continues to be one of the main social tools that enhance a critical education for the working class.