Abstract

CALABRIA, Thiago; CHAGAS, Liliane Alves  and  RODRIGUES, Ana Cláudia da Silva. “Always dreamed of me”: the neoliberal subjectivation process in integral citizen schools in Paraíba. Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2025, vol.35, n.69, e30. ISSN 1981-8106.  https://doi.org/10.18675/1981-8106.v35.n.69.s18032.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between "dreams" and the process of neoliberal subjectivation (Dardot; Laval, 2016) contained in the principles, concepts and methods of the curricular components Projeto de Vida (PV) e Pós-Médio (PM) linked to the Programa de Educação Integral da Paraíba. The research, which took a qualitative and exploratory approach, adopted documentary and bibliographic analysis as its technique. The findings were analyzed using Discourse Theory (Laclau; Mouffe, 2015). The students' dreams were identified through the questionnaire "Acolhimento 2023/Qual é o seu sonho?" applied by professionals from the state public school system in Paraíba and tabulated by specialists from the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (SEE). The findings of this study indicate that PV and PM are both educational principles and curricular components. As a principle, the PV is a nodal point in the discursive structure of the Paraiba model. These curricular components work towards the production of entrepreneurial subjects through the development of skills common to the operation of private companies. The definition of a dream restricted to the acquisition of material goods, as well as the emphasis on the professional future, also encourages consumption and acts to make students responsible for their respective successes or failures, which are characteristics through which we can see a process of neoliberal subjectivation.

Keywords : Life project; Neoliberalism; Subjectivation; Dreams; Curriculum.

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