Sociology and life project as expressions of contradictions

disputes over curriculum, conceptions of school and youth

Abstract

This article shows that the disciplines of Sociology and Life Project, present in the Currículo Paulista do Ensino Médio, express disputes between social groups about different models of school and education, and how these conflicts are reflected in student mobilizations. Thus, based on a bibliographical research, this paper resumes studies that historically analyze the construction of curricula and curriculum reforms, relating them to political and social contexts. Thus, the text presents how, especially from the 1980s on, Sociology was linked to the democratic mobilizations of social movements in the process of overcoming the model of school (and society) defended by the military governments; and how the Life Project stands out as an essential component in the formation of subjects in the school of neoliberalism; and that it was originated by the intervention of private capital institutions in the development and implementation of public policies. However, this process has not taken place without contradictions, which have youth as a determining factor.