Discourse on the world of work in secondary school textbooks

In this study, we focus on discourse on the world of work in science textbooks of the collection With an eye on the world of work (De olho no mundo do trabalho), published by Scipione, as part of a curriculum policy for secondary education. We understand that the construction of curriculum policies is a complex process of negotiation that includes influence, production and dissemination of texts which circulate and which are subject to continuous recreation in the context of practice. We analyse how discourse on the world of work is appropriated and re-contextualised in the elaboration of school textbooks and what new meanings are produced. In the discourse on training for work, we identify meanings that the educational community needs to reflect upon, considering the relations established between educational and economic contexts that result in forms of teaching and learning, accentuating the character of performance.

secondary education; textbook; curriculum policies; work and education