Philosophy and Human Rights in official documents: an analysis of the BNCC and the DCRB of Bahia

Abstract

This article analyzes the presence of philosophy and Human Rights in the Brazilian curriculum documents, specifically the BNCC (National Common Core Curriculum) and the DCRB (Referential Curricular Document of the State of Bahia). The study aims to examine the position occupied by philosophy and Human Rights in these national and state guidelines, as well as the approach given to these subjects in these documents, considering the intersection between these areas of knowledge. This study was conducted through the analysis of content of the official and curricular documents, using the contributions of Bardin's method (2002) and also through a literature review of the information contained in these documents. Based on this analysis, it was possible to perceive the presence and contribution of philosophy and Human Rights in the normative documents, especially the pedagogical contribution that is established, as well as the space occupied by both subjects in the BNCC and the DCRB. The results of this analytical research reveal that there has been a reduction in the space for philosophy as a discipline in the BNCC, which is a different process compared to the DCRB, which demonstrates the potential valorization not only of the discipline but also of Human Rights in basic education, in the training of educators, and above all, in the education of students.