The new (old) educational paradigm for the 21st Century

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this study is to analyze the paradox found in the relationship between work and education based on the documents of the Programa para a Avaliação Internacional das Competências dos Adultos [Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies] - PAICA - of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - OECD. We intend to demonstrate how, historically, the multilateral organizations have been using old “tools” (programs and/or pedagogical proposals) to solve new “problems” (vocational training). Our thesis is that education has been, in general, historically transformed and minimized into a set of aptitudes and skills focused only on getting a job and, consequently, has lost its primary function in terms of human development.

Keyword:
Programa para a Avaliação Internacional das Competências dos Adultos - PAICA; Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico - OCDE; Work; Education