MORAL AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE BRAZILIAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Francisco das Chagas Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silva, Francisco Vieira da, Costa, Francisca Geise Varela Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Exitus
• Texto Completo: https://portaldeperiodicos.ufopa.edu.br/index.php/revistaexitus/article/view/2334
• topic: Educação Moral e Cívica; Currículo; Disciplina; Moral and Civic Education; Curriculum; Discipline; Educación Moral y Cívica; Currículo; Matéria

The objective is to analyze the trajectory of the teaching of the subject Moral and Civic Education (EMC) in Brazil during the 20th century, considering the historical contexts and the political disputes for the control of the curriculum. This is a bibliographic and documental research, in which the legislation created by the federal government that mentions this teaching was examined. The sources show that the moral and civic themes have been part of the history of Brazilian education, both as a compulsory subject and as a non-formal practice. It can also be seen that the emphasis given to this teaching occurred mainly during authoritarian periods, such as the Estado Novo (1937-1945) and the Civil-Military Dictatorship (1964-1985), showing the use of this teaching to justify the political system and discipline children and young people in school and non-school education, making them obedient to the established order. The discipline was extinguished in 1993; however, in the current century, with the strengthening of the right wing in the second decade, there are many who defend the return of this discipline to the school curriculum. The arguments are the same as those used in the last century: the defense of the traditional family, order, morals and so-called "good customs", Christian religion and the "no-party school".