Abstract:

This article presents an experience report of the development of an innovative secondary school curriculum, integrated by area of knowledge and vocational course in the area of informatics, instead of fragmented into subjects like Physics, Mathematics or Biology. The curriculum was developed against the backdrop of the reform of Brazil’s secondary education system with the enactment of Law 13,415/2017, with the possibility of creating technical courses integrated with regular high school. The law proposes a curriculum composed of the Common National Basic Curriculum and a learning itinerary composed of five areas, among them technical and professional learning, which has the same weight as the other four areas of knowledge, incorporating the itinerary and number of class hours of secondary education. The pilot program, which will be targeted at low-income students, will start in 2019 and can make a difference in the qualification of the participants. The work had the participation of thirteen teachers and technical teams in a collaborative way. The results indicated that this kind of proposal is possible and can make the difference on how teachers of general, technical and vocational education teach. This is an innovative and challenging project in Brazil that requires to change the teacher’s paradigm and create a social impact through integrated and whole human education to face the challenges of the contemporary world.

Keywords:

Technical and Vocational Education, Innovative Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum.