A leitura no currículo do ensino médio como meio de inserção social

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the contributions of the reading practices in the formation and social inclusion of the students of high school of São Paulo State Public School connected to East-5 Teaching Directory Administration of São Paulo in the Portuguese Language subject. The objective was listing and analyzing the reading practices developed by the high school teachers, identifying and characterizing such practices and the reading frequency of different text genres, checking in which circumstances reading has been worked in classrooms, other spaces like the library or other moments like extra class activity, and analyzing the teachers evaluations. This research involved the concepts about Curriculum (in the point of view of authors like Gimeno Sacristán, Apple, Young and Silva); Reading and Literature (in the point of view of authors like Bourdieu, Chartier, Hebrárd, Lajolo, Zilberman, Geraldi, Smith, Foucambert, Sole, Soares, and others), and the official documents that helped these teachers practices (PCN, DCNEM). The analysis of data obtained from March to June/2006 by means of (1) examination and analyzis of school documents (Management Plan, School Plan, Pedagogical Proposal) and teachers (planning, class diary, evaluations), (2) reading practice observations in high school classrooms, and (3) interviews with three teachers, allowed us to confirm the hypothesis that resources and procedures used to develop the reading practices are restrict and have not provided proper appropriation to students in general and specifically to those with learning difficulties. The results unveiled that reading is an existent practice in the public school. However, it has been developed as a pragmatic education and it has not yet won an activity dimension which could support the preparation for life and, consequently, for the work world, although reading like a means activity is one cultural and important social component in the literate societies, whose domination and use become elements of distinction and social inclusion