Diversidade e educação: do slogan à intersecção das categorias sociais

Abstract

The present research sought to know and debate some of the definitions and approaches that the term diversity can acquire in the educational debates when considering the feminist perspectives egalitarian and intersectional, and in the scope of the debate of Human Rights. The research had the objective of analyzing the term Diversity within the discussions of the National Curricular Guidelines for Basic Education: Diversity and Inclusion. In order to reach this objective, the first movement of the research consisted in the apprehension of the meaning of the term diversity and the use that was historically attributed to it from the years of 1990. The next movement was the accomplishment of the bibliographical research, through a survey of the Capes (Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) website, in order to know the discourses that use the term diversity in the educational scope, also beginning in the 1990s. In the following movement, a study on public educational policies, with special attention to SECADI (Secretary of Continuing Education, Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion) - Secretariat of the Ministry of Education (MEC) responsible for the elaboration of different public policies, among them, those related to diversity issues . In the last movement, the object was analyzed by the study of the term diversity in the "National Curricular Guidelines for Basic Education: Diversity and Inclusion", elaborated by SECADI, through documentary analysis and content analysis technique. The analyzed document pointed out that if put as a slogan the term diversity can potentialize and give visibility to the debates, thus becoming a pedagogical advantage, and on the other hand, can also cause the emptying of the subversive potential of the use of the term in the debates. It should be said that, following the present research, especially from the study and analysis of the Guidelines, that the diversity slogan unifies themes that seek social inclusion, recognition and appreciation of differences and identities as something enriching, social and rights, as well as the elaboration and implementation of public policies.