Propostas curriculares alternativas: limites e avanços Translated title: Alternative proposals for curricula: limits and progress

Abstract

O texto aborda propostas curriculares que procuraram caminhar na contramão do discurso oficial hegemônico e que foram desenvolvidas, nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, em alguns estados e municípios brasileiros. Caracteriza-as, destaca suas conquistas e enfatiza que alternativas são possíveis, desejáveis e merecedoras de divulgação e de estudo.

Translated abstract

This article focuses on curriculum reforms that took place in some states and municipalities in Brazil in the 1980s and the 1990s. These reforms can be characterized by their intent to fashioning a more critical and democratic school. In other words, they were in opposition to the hegemonic official discourse. The article attempts to characterize such curriculum reforms and stress their achievements. It argues that alternatives are possible, even desirable, and that they deserve to be publicized and studied.