Public high school in the past and in the present: visions of multiple generation teachers of Federal District

Abstract

In the year Brasilia celebrates its 60th anniversary and new changes are in effect in high schools due to the implementation of the legal document Lei nº 13.415/2017, it must be established a debate on the new directions of high school in the Federal District and in the country, without forgetting past achievements and what history can teach us. In this sense, it is important to listen to teachers from different generations who worked or are still working in high schools, considering that their experiences, teaching and implementing reforms since the 1970s, can help to understand high school both in the past and present. Based on group discussions, the article analyzes the collective guidelines of different generations of teachers, considering their own past experiences as students and their views from the moment they became teachers. The particularity of this study lies in the fact it considers the opinions of teachers coming from different generations, but who coexist at the same time and space; which may lead to conflicts and tensions, as well as to dialogues, sharing and learning.