HOMESCHOOLING: DISCURSOS PÚBLICOS SOBRE EDUCAÇÃO

This stydy aims do analyze the discourses on homschooling disseminated on the digital platform TikTok, as well as the political actors who convey them. The general objective is to investigate the digital discourse on homeschooling on this platform and to identify its possible impacts on educational public policies. Amon the specific objectives are the mapping of videos published on TikTok about honeschooling in brasil; the description of how these discourses are developed, considering their discursive, contextual, and ideologial foundations; and, the analysis of the actors involved, as well as the relations that emerge in their narratives. The methodology is based on digital ethnography, and the documentary method. The theoretical framework includes, mainly, the contributions of Apple (2003; 2013) regarding the conservative alliance; Mannhaim (1952; 1986), concerning the conception of ideology and convervatism; and Canclini (2019), Recuero (2012) and Severo (2024), who discuss social media and their influence nowadays. The results indicate that TikTok constitutes a space of symbolic and political dispute, where conservativeand progressive groups mobilize arguments to legitimize or refute homeschooling, appealing to values such as freedom, indoctrination, and inclusion. It is concluded that digital discourses on homeschooling go beyond the educational field, being articlated to broader political projects ad showing how social media act as arenas of dispute that may directly impact public policy formulation.