Os desafios da implementação do Novo Ensino Médio em uma escola estadual de Igarapé, Minas Gerais

Abstract

This Master's research, of a qualitative nature, is developed within the scope of the Professional Master's Program in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Evaluation of Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The reform of secondary education, institutionalized by Law No. 13.415/2017, represented a paradigmatic rupture in the Brazilian educational structure by advocating curricular flexibility through the implementation of Formative Pathways (IF) and Elective Curricular Units. Under this aegis, the present dissertation, entitled "The challenges of implementing the New High School (NEM) and the impacts of the Formative Pathways and Elective Subjects in a state school in Igarapé, Minas Gerais," proposes a critical analysis of the institutional adaptation process to the new guidelines in the time frame from 2022 to 2025. The study scrutinizes the antinomies between normative prescriptions and pedagogical praxis in the daily school routine, an environment in which the operationalization of the flexible segment directly affects the organization of teaching work and the autonomy of the student. The core of the problem lies in the observed gap between federal and state legislation and the reality of the school environment. In the context of Minas Gerais, this gap can be exacerbated by the organizational dynamics of the State Department of Education (SEE-MG). It is observed that organizational regulations tend to seek universal standardization which, at times, conflicts with the pedagogical singularities and sociocultural contingencies of specific institutions, such as the E.E.P.M.M.P. in Igarapé. It is concluded that the clash between the bureaucratic imperative of the state and the pedagogical demands of the students transforms the implementation of the New High School into a continuous process of improvisation and reactive adaptation.