Brazilian Education During the Civil–Military Dictatorship Period

Abstract

The investigation is developed as a bibliographic and documentary study, with the objective of presenting the historical panorama of Brazilian education after the 1964 civil–military coup and analyzing the consequences of political changes that impacted public education in the country. The relevance of the research lies in the recovery of historical circumstances that underpin the understanding of contemporary education, since past events still reverberate in legislation and in state actions. The theoretical framework is based on Germano (2005), who contextualizes the educational scenario between 1964 and 1985, and on Freitas and Biccas (2009), who address the social issues underlying Brazilian education in the twentieth century.

The analysis seeks to understand the advances and setbacks of Brazilian public educational policies, especially in the field of basic education, highlighting how historical processes have shaped practices and guidelines that remain current. It is concluded that the investigation contributes to the debate on the persistence of structures inherited from the authoritarian period and their influence on educational policies, offering support for critical reflections on public education in Brazil.