THE COMMON NATIONAL CURRICULUM BASE IN THE STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF MATO GROSSO AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS REFORM MOVEMENTS IN BRAZILIAN EDUCATION
National Curricular Common Base; Mato Grosso State Curriculum Reference Document; Business Reforms in Education; Neoliberalism/Colonialism.
The aim of this paper is to understand how the new curricular proposals for the state of Mato Grosso, specifically kindergarten, elementary, and middle education National Curricular Common Base (BNCC), and Curriculum Reference Document (DRC-MT) are aligned with business reforms for education. This research is based on the construction of documents from the BNCC in the state of Mato Grosso and its possible impacts on public elementar education. Through bibliographic research, it aims to establish a relation between decoloniality and dialectical and historical materialism, thus seeking to deconstruct colonialism and to strengthen decoloniality. Therefore, the research issue is centered on the understanding of the construction of the DRC-MT through BNCC’s influences, seeking to analyze neoliberal policies influences. The field research was carried out through a semi-structured interview script with collaboration from the main subjects of politics making, except those from the private sector such as the Movimento pela Base. It addresses themes on public educational policies and the relation between neoliberalism and colonialism, seeking careful dialogues about the construction of public educational policies and the racialized logic present in neoliberal and colonialist strategies. The results show that there are Strong relationships between Brazilian public educational policies and the neoliberal and colonialist logic, with the last public policies being accused of being part of a package of business reforms for national education.