Between the social outbreak and the pandemic. Curriculum contextualization practices in the learning of history and social sciences

Abstract

The implementation of teaching processes in online mode in an emergency remote teaching context challenged teachers to modify their teaching practices, adjusting learning processes to a new scenario. At the curricular level, these change processes were guided by adjustments in the national curriculum through a Curricular Prioritization of learning objectives (LO). The subject of History and Social Sciences was not only challenged by adjustments at the curricular level, but also by the context of social crisis expressed in the Social Outbreak (2019). In this scenario, the study sought to analyze the curricular contextualization practices developed within a History and Social Sciences course aimed at preparing for the Higher Education Access Test (PAES). The results show the existence of intentional curricular contextualization practices that emerge as a consensual agreement among the teaching team. These aspects are related to the curricular incorporation of the Social Problem category and the transformation of daily life into a curricular resource. Unintentional practices linked to the organization of disciplinary knowledge are also identified, aspects that impact the development of Social Historical Thinking.