2nd degree professionalizing teaching and Theory of Human Capital (1970-1980)

Abstract

Secondary education became compulsory throughout the national territory and brought great challenges for Brazilian education in the period in focus, due to the absence or insufficiency of material and human structure for its effectiveness. In this study, we seek to briefly analyze the relationship between Human Capital Theory and professional education in Brazil, called as 2nd degree at the time it was implemented by the Law No. 5,692 / 71. The time frame of this investigation is the 1970s and 1980s, in the context of a military dictatorship in Brazil, the growth of industrialization in Latin America, and the need for qualified labor to operate in this industry. This is a documentary research and a bibliographic review. The initial question is: what is the relationship between the Human Capital Theory and the educational reform that took place in Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s, since Law No. 5,692 / 71 came into force? The results indicate that Brazilian education was strongly influenced by this theoretical conception. Although concise, this study seeks to emphasize this relationship and demonstrates the historical construction of economicism in education during the period under analysis.