CURRICULAR REORGANIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON STEPHEN J. BALL'S PUBLIC POLICY CYCLE

Abstract

With the aim of discussing the process of reorganizing the curriculum in higher education, this study was based on the analysis of Stephen Ball's policy cycle (2001, 2011). This is a qualitative, exploratory research, with bibliographic study and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an institution in Santa Catarina. The study indicates that, in relation to the context of the text's production influence, a global motivation is perceived, of a neoliberal nature. However, in the context of practice, there is a recontextualization of public policy through actions that particularize the interests and needs of institutions. In the institution studied, it is clear that the curricular restructuring actions and creation of new curricular components contributed to the increase in the indexes resulting from the Enade evaluation cycles. The considerations indicate that the actions carried out at the institution went against neoliberal logic, and in addition to the quantitative expansion of the indices, contributed to the qualitative consolidation of higher education.