BETWEEN ADVANCES AND SETBACKS: AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC POLICIES ON GENDER AND SEXUALITIES FROM THE LULA GOVERNMENT TO THE PRESENT DAY
Psychoanalysis, Education, Gender, Continuing Education
This theoretical work aims to analyze the permanence and the transformations in the continuing education of teaching practice in the last 20 years, with special attention to the knowledge related to education and sexualities in the school context, focusing on the relevant disputes that have influenced educational policies. The issues at stake are complex, since public policies in this area have been the subject of political disputes that, on the one hand, have favored the accumulation of symbolic capital anchored in moralism, but, on the other hand, have 0also provoked reflections on the need to address the issue in schools. The identification of a repressed demand in the desire to deepen knowledge about sexualities, with the aim of possible interventions in pedagogical practices, draws attention to the relevance of this research. In this sense, the foundations of psychoanalytic theory and pedagogy are used to discuss the paths from the Lula government to the present day, focusing on the clashes that permeate the discussion of sexualities in the educational sphere. Psychoanalytic theory is used to analyze the clashes in pedagogical practices that have led to discomfort and unease in the educational field. The methodology adopted includes a theoretical analysis of the historical contexts of education and the position of the educator in the political debate on gender and sexuality. Authors such as Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Maria Cristina Kupfer and Jimena Furlani provide the theoretical basis for the political debates on subjectivity in education. The context analyzed shows how the issue of sexualities has led to the accumulation of political capital by religious fundamentalist groups, which have found in this debate an opportunity to introduce their agendas in the context of education. These aspects highlight the importance of critically examining the political and social implications of these dynamics in teacher training and educational practices, seeking to understand their impact on the construction of an inclusive and pluralistic education.