The Place and Role of School Sociology in Brazil and the Contemporary Context of the Rise of the Extreme Right

Autor/inn/en	Bodart, Cristiano das Neves; Pires, Welkson
Titel	The Place and Role of School Sociology in Brazil and the Contemporary Context of the Rise of the Extreme Right
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Science Education, 22 (2023) 1, (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pires, Welkson)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1611-9665
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Moral Values; Sociology; Teaching Methods; Role; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Economic Factors; Curriculum Development; Incidence; Educational Legislation; Political Influences; Politics of Education; National Security; Professional Autonomy; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Dismissal; Teacher Discipline; Criticism; National Curriculum; High School Teachers; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Soziologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rollen; Ausland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Vorkommen; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; National territory; Security; Staatsgebiet; Sicherheit; Berufsfreiheit; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Lehrerdienstordnung; Kritik; High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Brasilien
Abstract	Purpose: This article presents the place and the role of Sociology teaching in the current Brazilian context, marked by the rise of extreme right ideologies and practices, more specifically by its ultraliberal economic bias and moral conservatism. Design/methodology/approach: Organized in three parts, it outlines, respectively, the macro political and curricular scenario, and some of its unfolding in school practices. The main effort is to reflect on the ways in which school Sociology has been--ambiguously--understood and instrumentalized in the Brazilian context. The reflections are based, besides the literature review, on the analysis of the conjuncture and political-institutional directions, on curriculum documents and on reports of teaching experiences collected during the year 2022. Findings: We verified that the extreme right advance in the public space is due to the articulation of two factors: 1) scenario of political and economic crisis; 2) structural aspects that guarantee, in the moral field, the predominance of conservatism and, in the economic field, the prevalence of ultraliberalism. With regard to education, the extreme right has had an impact in the definition of legislation that regulates the education system and on boosting surveillance and persecution in relation to teachers who distance themselves from their political ideology. Research limitations/implications: We believe that, despite having brought some data that allow us to glimpse a certain ambiguity with regard to the teaching of sociology, which can occur either in the sense of criticizing the status quo, or in the sense of reaffirming it, we believe that a more systematic research on this is still needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01