Enade and citizen education: introductory premises

Abstract

Introduction: the concept of citizenship and the consequent training of subjects to act in the social sphere has accompanied the different moments and contexts of the modern society. In education, the precept of citizenship is present in training documents and policies, from basic education to higher education. Objective: to present a reflection on the National Student Performance Examination – Enade, with a selection of general knowledge topics from 2015 to 2019, and its approach to the social demands of valuing diversity and social inclusion. It starts from the premise that general knowledge, common to the profile of undergraduates from all courses in the country, needs to contribute with knowledge and, perhaps, practices of a citizen posture committed to the collective social good. Methodology:  consists in the analysis of theoretical references that contribute to the understanding of the concept of citizenship in contemporary times, as well as research, documents and reports that express the evaluation policy of Enade and the contents of general education, in the perspective of contextualizing how the exam it can contribute to the human-academic-professional formation of undergraduates. Results/Conclusion: with theoretical-epistemological inspiration in multi-referentiality, the sharpening of the plural look is exercised and, in this process, it is concluded that the themes presented in Enade between 2015 and 2019 reflect social, environmental, cultural, political and other issues approaches that, if incorporated into the curricula and training practices of students, can contribute to building a professional citizen profile.