THE FINACIALIZATION OF EDUCATION: WHO EDUCATES THE EDUCATOR?

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https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v19n2.p114-131

Keywords:

Financialization of education, Professional development of teachers, Public-private partnerships

Abstract

This article discusses the conducting of professional development of teachers working in basic education in the Municipal Education System of Florianópolis (RMEF – its acronym in Portuguese) by private companies, through analysis of data from doctoral research in progress. The study is grounded in historical and dialectical materialism. The methodological procedure used was a mapping of political networks, based on companies contracted by the municipality. This article supports the view that the professional development of teachers of the RMEF, guided by private entities, is part of the so-called “new-type privatization” (FALLEIROS; NEVES, 2015), usurping the public fund in the context of financialization of capital. This has repercussions on the limits of democratization of education, in which professional development of teachers is promoted through public-private partnerships, disseminating the values and political and ideological assumptions of the business community.

Author Biographies

Marileia Maria da Silva, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Doutora em educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Professora titular vinculada ao curso de Pedagogia e ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação do Centro de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – FAED/UDESC.

 

Márcia Luzia dos Santos, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda em educação na Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestre em educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professora da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Florianópolis

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2019-08-05

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2019: EDIÇÃO ESPECIAL

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