Ensino de Sociologia e Sociedade da Informação:Análise e desafios do currículo de Sociologia no Ensino Normal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The present work has as objective to make an analysis and reflection of questions related to the construction of the curriculum of the Teaching of Sociology in High School, taking as a specific cut the Minimum Curriculum of the Normal Course of the state of Rio de Janeiro. One of the main concerns is to open a discussion about its relationship with contemporary society, especially considering the great social, economic and cultural complexity in which we are inserted, as the proposals of Bell (1996), Castells (2010) and Schaff (1995), among other theorists who define it as "the Information Society". This scenario challenges the researchers to reflect on how to transmit the knowledge of the reference sciences to young people through the liquidity of social relations (BAUMAN, 2001) and the volatility of information stored and transmitted by information and communication technology. The concept of the expression Information Society can not be thought separate from the processes of legitimacy of capitalist societies and the current role of National State policies. The mobilizations, in general discourse and analysis, lead towards the so-called knowledge society, so many Information Society theorists invoke education systems and school as part of the process of change.