Políticas e práticas curriculares de Educação em Direitos Humanos (EDH) na perspectiva da justiça curricular: um estudo em escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de São Leopoldo/RS (2015-2024)

Abstract

This thesis is situated in the field of educational policies with Human Rights Education (HRE) as its main theme and, as its object of study, the curricular policies and practices of schools in the Municipal Education Network of São Leopoldo, a city in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, between 2015 and 2025, the year in which the São Leopoldo Municipal Education Plan came into force. Its aim is to analyze the policies that guide Human Rights Education and how these principles and guidelines are implemented in curricular practices, from the perspective of curricular justice. Based on the theoretical and epistemological conception of critical theory, this qualitative research uses documentary research as its method and works with different sources of data: legal documents, especially from the federal and municipal spheres, interviews and questionnaires. Interviews were conducted with the municipality's Secretary of Education and the managers of the two schools (supervisor and principal) selected for the study, renamed Escola Maria da Penha and Escola Maria Margarida Alves. Questionnaires were also administered to the teachers at the schools. In relation to the starting point of the investigation, to understand whether theory and practice go hand in hand on issues relating to Human Rights Education in the city of São Leopoldo, it is clear that there is a mismatch between the two aspects. There is clearly an intention to promote discussion and teacher training but, at the same time, no proposals that are effectively reflected in the training of teachers in the municipal network.