Representações de homossexuais nos livros didáticos de história para os anos finais do ensino fundamental, distribuídos pelo Programa Nacional do Livro Didático

Abstract

This work aims to notice what is the representation of homosexual in the History textbooks that were evaluated, approved and distributed by Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD). This way, we analyze the principal texts and exercises which were inserted in the following events: Nazism and Counterculture. The period of time of our research goes from 2005 until 2011 and it was chose based on two public policies that were created to promote the respect to sexual diversities, the Brasil Sem Homofobia program from 2004 and the Plano Nacional para Promoção da Cidadania e Direitos Humanos de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, e Transexuais (LGBT) from 2008. The research was done in two stages; in the first one there was an exploratory search and in the second one, the study of event. This study is important to promote reflections in the field of History of Education about how the homosexual is being represented in textbooks because these materials are a teaching and learning tool that works on the construction of identities, and the function of school is to contribute for promoting respect for diversity.