Gestão escolar e laicidade: estudo sobre a presença do ensino religioso no ensino médio

Abstract

"School Management and secularism: a study on the presence of Religious Education in Secondary Education" is an investigation dealing with the school and its structure from a curricular component, Religious Education, and dialogues with what is laid down by law -which makes it mandatory or optional. To do so, aspects will be addressed, such as the notion of Secular State and Religious Freedom, that permeate the discourse of public policy, bringing the theoretical discussion the concepts of freedom and emancipation that are part of educational projects, but diverge biased practices, which are checked under the Brazilian education since the early days of colonization, such as the imposition of a specific type of religious practice. It traced a timeline that extends from the first contacts between the Portuguese and the native communities even Republicans movements that promoted the separation between politics and religion. The LDB 9394/96 refers to the compulsory nature of the discipline in the basic levels of education, but also emphasizes its voluntary enrollment. It is the function of the School Management organizing strategies, since the decision by the function of discipline must pass through the area of interest of the school community. There is no possibility of establishing a national core curriculum for the course, since the government cannot decide on what is essential to know in relation to religious practices. Different subjects in the school environment were interviewed, a manager, a teacher and a student in three different schools in Santa Maria who contributed their perspectives, thus enabling knowledge and examine some examples of the problems surrounding the issue of the presence of Religious Education in high school.