EDUCATION 10 YEARS PROGRAM: educational public policies and their implications for the teaching and learning of English in High School in Mato Grosso
Educational public policies, English language teaching, High School, 10-Year Education Program, Mato Grosso.
This study aims to investigate possible changes in the context of educational public policies and their effects on language policies over time. The research is grounded in the premise of understanding how the transformations proposed by such policies and educational guidelines impact teaching and learning methodologies, focusing on the teaching of English to high school students in the context of the public state education system of Mato Grosso, in light of discussions on educational public policies (SOUZA, 2006; SECCHI, 2013) and Brazilian education (SAVIANI, 2008; LIBÂNEO, 2016). The investigation is based on documentary and bibliographic sources addressing educational public policies, such as the Curricular Guidelines of Mato Grosso, the National Common Curricular Base (BRASIL, 2017), legislation related to the New High School, and actions implemented by former and current bodies of the State Department of Education (SEDUC), including the Centers for the Training and Development of Basic Education Professionals (CEFAPROs) and the Regional Education Directorates (DREs). Furthermore, it considers the perceptions and experiences of teachers working in the public system who have experienced both previous and current policies, in dialogue with studies on teacher education (TARDIF, 2014; NÓVOA, 2009; IMBERNÓN, 2010). The methodology adopted is qualitative, with an interpretivist approach (MOITA LOPES, 1994; LAKATOS; MARCONI, 1996; CRESWELL, 2014). Digital search tools were used to compile the documentary corpus, with a time frame covering the implementation of the CEFAPROs up to 2022, regarding policies prior to the EducAção 10 Years Program, and from then to the present. The data generation and collection instruments used with teachers consist of semi-structured interviews conducted both via the Google Meet platform and in person. Data analysis was carried out using content analysis, as proposed by Bardin (2011), based on the organization of participants’ statements into thematic categories. The expected results are based on a critical and reflective analysis of current educational public policies (SOUZA, 2006; SECCHI, 2013; SAVIANI, 2008) and how they materialize in the teaching and learning of English (RAJAGOPALAN, 2003; KUMARAVADIVELU, 2006; LEFFA, 2016), in order to understand whether they are meaningful and contextualized.