Lives in consumption, school subjects and the “immediate” routine: effects of the implementation of the New High School

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.20.24638.023

Abstract

This article is the result of a field research that problematized the effects produced by the implementation of the High School reform on students from a school located in the Midwest region of Brazil. The theoretical framework is linked to Bauman’s reflections on the consumer society and the culture of immediacy. The empirical material consisted of online dialogues developed with students from the aforementioned institution, in 2020, analyzed from the perspective of Foucauldian discourse analysis. The examination showed that students are captured by the consumer society that permeates their ways of life at school, where ephemerality, speed, and the rhythms of routines shape school time. In addition, elements of a culture of immediacy were identified, intensifying the acceleration of time, excessive consumption, and the superficiality of relationships and learning, enhancing self-regulation and the exaltation of the individual.

Keywords: New High School. Consumer society. Culture of immediacy.

Author Biographies

  • Camila da Silva Fabis, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

    Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) e em estágio pós-doutoral na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos).

  • Bruna Flor da Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology

    Doutoranda em Educação na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Docente do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS).

  • Fernanda Wanderer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Doutora em Educação pela Unisinos.

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2025-05-05

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Vol. 20 (2025): Publicação contínua

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Dossiê: Zygmunt Bauman e a Educação

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Lives in consumption, school subjects and the “immediate” routine: effects of the implementation of the New High School. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 20, p. 1–19, 2025. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.20.24638.023. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/24638. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.