School and school culture during and post-pandemic

Paths for reflection.

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on three moments of inflection in the history of the school that help to think about challenges that we face in the ways of organization and functioning of the school during the pandemic of the year 2020. I call moments of inflection periods when there is a condensation of events and proposals that tended to alter the school culture, in its modes of functioning and organization. The first moment is delimited in the passage from the 19th to the 20th century, when a process of institutionalization of the public, compulsory and mass schools is observed. The second moment involves the massive entry of the popular classes into public schools, especially in secondary education, in the second half of the 20th century. The third moment has to do with the impact of information and communication technologies on literate culture. From a methodological point of view, the analysis was developed from the examination, criticism and comparison of production in the area of history of education on what are called moments of inflection here. As a result, it is evident that it is fruitful and indispensable to analyze the current challenges from a historical understanding of the school.