Federal network of professional, scientific and technological education in Brazil: reflections on its creation in the light of the educational proposals of Antonio Gramsci

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2179-1309.2022.119.13181

Keywords:

Concepção de educação, Educação profissional e tecnológica, Gramsci, Trabalho e educação

Abstract

The expansion of vacancies in Professional and Technological Education (EPT), through the creation of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFs), was one of the most prominent educational policies in the Lula administrations (2003-2011). This article seeks to analyze the proximity between the concept of EPT implicit in the creation of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education and the educational proposals of Antonio Gramsci. Such proposals were discussed based on documentary research considering their historicity, a fundamental aspect for a better understanding of the theoretical formulations and educational proposals at the time. With regard to the possibilities of applying Gramscian proposals in the national EPT educational system, the public policy for the creation of IFs was analyzed based on Law n. 11,892/2008. It was found that the legal text brings great approximation to Gramscian ideals by creating specialized institutes offering everything from initial and continuing training of workers to undergraduate and graduate technological professional education in all branches of investigation and scientific work, in all States of Brazil, a fruitful environment for the development of both disinterested and interested training, with a strong link between theory and practice, stimulating a critical spirit aimed at empirical investigation.

Author Biographies

Anthone Mateus Magalhães Afonso, Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF / Fundação de Apoio à Escola Técnica - FAETEC

Professor do Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico do Instituto Federal Fluminense (IFF). Professor da Fundação de Apoio à Escola Técnica (FAETEC). Doutor em Educação. Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica - Controle e Automação, Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu em Informática na Educação e em Administração de Sistemas de Informação e Graduação em Informática. Líder do Núcleo de Pesquisas em Telecomunicações (NPT) do IF Fluminense.

Wania Regina Coutinho Gonzalez, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Universidade Estácio de Sá.

Doutora em Educação. Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estácio de Sá; Professora Adjunta da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Faculdade de Educação da Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil. Líder do Núcleo de Pesquisa Políticas Públicas e Gestão da Universidade Estácio de Sá.

Published

2022-09-23

How to Cite

Magalhães Afonso, A. M., & Regina Coutinho Gonzalez, W. (2022). Federal network of professional, scientific and technological education in Brazil: reflections on its creation in the light of the educational proposals of Antonio Gramsci. Context and Education Journal, 37(119), e13181. https://doi.org/10.21527/2179-1309.2022.119.13181

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Section

Dossiê: Ed. Prof. e Tecnol: concepções, experiências e dinâmicas investigativas