This text has a theoretical and practical approach - it intends to present an alternative to curriculum analyses and curriculum construction. It is based on the activities of educational consultancy as well as on educational policies, evaluation practice managed by different public institutions, and on educational research, with the purpose of aiding pedagogical proposals or curricula projects. The text is guided by a critical theory of culture and the author assumes that every pedagogical project expresses a political and cultural project. It is aimed at, in particular, professionals who work or study in public education. The analysis developed here attempted to systemize the principal questions that have to be answered in order to elaborate curricula projects.