A INFLUÊNCIA DAS POLÍTICAS NEOLIBERAIS NA ORGANIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO DOCENTE: IMPACTOS E DESAFIOS NA EDUCAÇÃO PÚBLICA BRASILEIRA

Abstract

This article analyzes how neoliberal policies, implemented in Brazil since the 1990s, have influenced the organization of teaching work and, consequently, imposed significant challenges on public education. Using a critical theoretical approach, supported by authors such as Harvey, Frigotto, Saviani, Ciavatta, Apple, and Ball, it discusses the advancement of a market-driven rationality that introduces goals, productivity, accountability, and large-scale assessments as mechanisms for controlling schools and teachers. Furthermore, it examines how this rationality promotes the intensification and precariousness of teaching work, expressed in the loss of pedagogical autonomy, processes of deprofessionalization, unstable working conditions, and the physical and emotional illness of educators. On the other hand, it shows that, despite the tensions imposed by neoliberalism, resistance strategies emerge that materialize in collective mobilizations, counter-hegemonic curricular practices, and the reaffirmation of the democratic and emancipatory character of public schools. The study concludes that understanding these dynamics is fundamental to strengthening teaching, redefining the social role of the school, and building pathways to an education committed to social justice and critical thinking. Keywords: neoliberalism; teaching work