Professores na encruzilhada entre o público e o privado: o curso gênero e diversidade na escola

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze the conflict of values in public policy for diversity in school. Thus, initially there is a theoretical discussion that problematizes the issue of values in public policy. From that discussion and reflection on issues of gender and sexuality in modern societies, the ongoing pilot Gender and Diversity in Schools, held in 2006, is analyzed. The course is intended to update 1200 teachers of the 3rd and the 4th cycle (former 5th through 8th grades) in the public elementary school in the country on issues of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation and ethnic-racial relations, and was developed in partnership between the Special Secretariat for Policies for Women, the Ministry of Education, the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality, the British Council and the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights. The course, being offered by distance in a virtual learning platform, has created various materials. For this research were mainly used the online teachers forums for discussion of case. From these reports it was noted that discussion of sexuality issue presented some conflict between the values promoted by the course and the values of the students. This conflict became even more evident when comparing the discussions about sexuality with the discussions of the issues related to gender and race, which flowed with a smaller number of barriers. The conception of sexuality that the course promoted is guided by the social sciences, while the conception of sexuality os the students was more in line with morality and science with a more traditional and closed point of view.