A PLATAFORMIZAÇÃO NA EDUCAÇÃO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO: (NOVOS) DISPOSITIVOS BIOPOLÍTICOS

Inserted within the context of public education in the State of São Paulo, the expansion of digital platforms has emerged as a central tool in the educational process. Based on the identification of relevant gaps in the ways these platforms are used, their impacts on learning, and the obstacles faced by educators in their implementation, this paper aims to problematize the discourse of digital platformization in the management of contemporary public education in the State of São Paulo as a biopolitical apparatus. The hypothesis suggests that platforms operate as neoliberal biopolitical apparatus of monitoring, control, and regulation of educational practices, contributing to a rationality that privileges quantitative and measurable indicators to the detriment of qualitative dimensions of the educational process. The study is justified by the need to produce critical readings of the social impacts of platforms, emphasizing the analysis of meanings, discourses, and practices. The discussion adopts a Foucauldian perspective, focusing on discourse, subject, and the biopolitical apparatus. The analysis focuses on legislative documents, particularly from São Paulo state, taken as the corpus. Findings indicate that platforms, understood as biopolitical apparatus, produce effects on the constitution of subjectivities, ostensibly privileging an educational model that functions as a system of performance metrics and meritocracy.