Abstract
This study examined the main ideological foundations and assumptions of the organization Escola sem Partido (School without Party) (ESP), based in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. This article discusses the implications of the perspectives and guidelines regarding education and society defended by the organization in the last decade, highlighting, more specifically, the developments of the debate in sociology teaching in high school. Documentary research collected electronic and printed material from the press, websites, and social media linked to ESP, which was studied using critical discourse analysis. The results highlight the concepts of ideological indoctrination and neutrality of teaching proposed by ESP, as well as the topics and agenda related to the issue of the curtailment of teaching practice and curricular components of the discipline of sociology. For the ESP, sociology could only be admitted when reflecting nomothetic standards of a positivist and scientific sociological knowledge, reproducing the organization’s project of a conservative society.
Keywords:
School without party; Sociology teaching; Curriculum