This article is the result of a study that aimed to analyze the implementation of a curricular policy that seeks to integrate professional education with general education. The reference point is the Program for the Integration of Mid-Level Professional Technical Education in the Field of Young People and Adults (PROEJA). The study analyzes the construction process of curricular proposals from two research viewpoints: interpretations made by the subjects/authors of the proposals concerning the integrated curriculum and the interpretations of these same subjects concerning the proposition of work as an educational principle, as found in the normative documents of the aforementioned policy. Observations and field reports have shown, among other aspects, a set of limitations to this process, in part deriving from diverging interpretations of what curricular integration is and the number of meanings attributed to the idea of work as an educational principle.
Curricular integration; Professional education; High school; Adults education