A presença das ciências humanas nas avaliações externas estaduais: o caso do Sistema Baiano da Educação - SABE

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the presence of Humanities in external evaluations state, and further a specific state system, the Sistema de Avalição Baiano da Educação – SABE, By this count since its implementation in 2007, with all disciplines of Humanities in its evaluation process of high school. The rationale for its development agenda in the presence of smaller disciplines this area of knowledge in external assessments by states, versus other disciplines such as English Language and Mathematics. The methodology used in this work consisted of literature research, document analysis, interviews and semi-structured interviews script. The first part of this dissertation turns to the presentation of the position historically occupied by the Humanities in education; passing through the area in the presence of this external evaluations carried out in the country and their presence in state assessment systems that evaluate high school, ending with a description and analysis of design SABE, focusing on Evaluate High School. The second part presents the factors responsible for the transformation of the meaning of the Human Sciences in Brazilian education, as the influence of the Theory of Human Capital in Brazilian education in the second half of the twentieth century and the consequent devaluation of Humanities position in this period; the process of revaluation of the humanities in the 1990s; besides showing how this process of devaluation/ revaluation of the humanities disciplines impacted in the presence of this area of knowledge in external evaluations, in particular the systems of state assessments. This part concludes with a demonstration of how a system that has the presence of Humanities, the Avalie Ensino Médio, has influenced educational activities in the state of Bahia. From the data and reflections made in the previous parts, the third and final part of the work will be directed toward the completion of a Plan of Action Educational - PAE, which consist of a protocol for implementing the disciplines of Humanities in state assessments, with the Rate based on the experience of Avalie Ensino Médio, which contain the first steps to be considered and the steps to follow to carry out this implementation.