Da “educação como salvação” à “crise da escola”: notas sobre a história da instituição escolar

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze two discourses which mark the representation of the school as a social institution. The first, based on an Enlightenment understanding of knowledge, constructed a positive perception of the school institution, understanding it as an ‘antidote’ for social problems. The second, strongly in vogue today, perceives the school as an outdated institution ‘in crisis.’ We intend to show that both of these seek to answer the same question: what is the role of the education in overcoming national problems?