ABSTRACT
This essay seeks to problematize the question “Why do we need pedagogical differentiation?,” considering the educational debate established during the 20th century about individualization. Targeted by quite severe criticisms, as well as a movements strive flag that proclaim pedagogical innovation, the concept of individualization requires an interdisciplinary reflection that effectively maintains it in the field of controversy. Throughout the essay it is argued that an exclusive emphasis on society can be turned into violence (in the form of the various totalitarianisms engendered in the 20th century), while an exclusive emphasis on the individual, besides being pedagogically irresponsible, blocks the possibilities of dialogue, democratic coexistence and the constitution of a common formative agenda.
KEYWORDS:
education; pedagogical differentiation; individualization