Full-time school policies and curriculum: conceptions of integral education and challenges for democratic education
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https://doi.org/10.15536/reducarmais.10.2026.4386Keywords:
Educational Policy, Integral education, Curriculum, DemocracyAbstract
This article discusses conceptions of integral education, full-time schooling and curriculum present in full-time school policy documents at the federal level and in the municipality of Joinville/SC. Using a qualitative approach, the research was conducted based on a bibliographic and documentary study. Studies on the topic highlight that integral education requires a diversified curriculum, valuing arts, cultures, and sports, as well as closer connections between the school and the students’ social, family, and cultural realities. In addition, they emphasize the need for adequate infrastructure and material resources in schools, as well as continuing education for teachers. In this sense, they advocate for an emancipatory and democratic education aimed at the integral development of students. In the analysis of the documents, it was observed that full-time school policies propose an integrative curriculum adapted to different territories. However, the construction of a curriculum committed to integral education requires attention to inequalities within curricula and the implementation of democratic practices in defining the knowledge that composes school life.
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