Education policies for High School: are they knowledge or training?

Authors

  • Marta Luiza Sfredo Federal University of Fronteira Sul image/svg+xml
  • Roberto Rafael Dias da Silva Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.11i3.0021

Abstract

The theme of the articles is educational policies produced to the high school in the last decade, aimed at examining the knowledge of concepts that emerge from such policies through the relation between education and economic development. The methodology used was documentary analysis and the theoretical framework adopted considered known authors, like Licínio Lima, Stephen Ball and Nora Krawczyk. The studies carried out allowed us to understand how the flexibility has made the knowledge was replaced by the minimum learning. They are characterized by skills to shape productive personalities to promote economic competitiveness through the establishment of individualized training courses. The knowledge is associated to the production of a training profile guided on lifelong learning, aimed at employability.

 

Keywords: High School. Knowledge. Flexibility. Competitiveness.

Published

2017-03-21

How to Cite

Education policies for High School: are they knowledge or training?. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 3, p. 881–896, 2017. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.11i3.0021. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/8975. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.

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