Education, curriculum and differences: an analysis of indigenous people into the school education from Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil

ABSTRACT

This paper work is based on a research carried out about the school education curriculum from Mato Grosso do Sul State and it has as aim to analyze how the contents related to cultures and histories of indigenous peoples, instituted by Law n^o 11.645/2008, are presented inside the Curriculum Referential for the High School in the human sciences area. With the implementation of the Law of Directives and Basis for National Education and the creation of the Law n^o 11.645/2008 new challenges have emerged for basic education professionals. The failure to comply with these laws may hinder the construction of a critical attitude of teachers and students about the knowledge that they deal with indigenous people who struggle for the survival of their histories, cultures and rights beyond the historical interethnic contact of prejudice and violence by the non-indigenous people.

KEYWORDS:
Basic education; curriculum; culture; indigenous