Abstract:
This study is part of the research line "Education, Culture, Theories, and Pedagogical
Processes" of the Graduate Program in Education (stricto sensu) at the Centro
Universitário Mais (UNIMAIS). It aims to analyze the purposes of socio-emotional
competencies as proposed by the Brazilian National Common Core Curriculum
(BNCC). The research question guiding this study is: What are the purposes of
introducing socio-emotional competencies into Brazilian basic education, and how
are these competencies presented in the BNCC? The overall objective is to
understand the context of socio-emotional competencies within the curricular policies
of Brazilian basic education, as well as their theoretical foundations, in order to
highlight their purposes in the BNCC. The specific objectives are: a) to identify the
curricular policies of basic education in Brazil within their historical and theoretical
contexts; b) to discuss the concepts, origins, and theoretical foundations of socioemotional
competencies within the context of educational policies; and c) to analyze
the purposes of socio-emotional competencies in the current BNCC, comparing them
with the theoretical framework adopted in this research. The research is bibliographic
in nature, with a basic and exploratory approach, conducted to expand theoretical
knowledge on socio-emotional competencies in the BNCC. The following guiding
documents of Brazilian education were qualitatively analyzed: the National Education
Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB), the National Curriculum Guidelines for Basic
Education, the National Education Plan (PNE), the 1988 Constitution of the
Federative Republic of Brazil (CF/1988), the Statute of the Child and Adolescent
(ECA), and the BNCC itself, which ensures the learning and development rights of all
Basic Education students. The main theorists that supported this study were Chauí
(2014), Freire (1979, 1983, 1996, 1999, 2000), Libâneo (2004), Saviani (1973, 2005,
2008a, 2008b), Young (2011), among others. The results reveal the artificial
separation between cognitive and socio-emotional competencies as presented in the
BNCC. However, rather than solving these problems, the inclusion of socio-emotional
competencies, as currently proposed, may contribute to deepening this alienation
and perpetuating the neoliberal system.