This paper presents and discusses the implementation of the reform of higher vocational education at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (ifsp) focusing on the tensions that arose during the process. Through an empirical research, it questions whether such Federal Institutes are still in a position to provide polytechnic education, such as conceived by Marx, by integrating vocational and academic courses.
Vocational and technological education; Implementation of educational reforms; Integrated vocational and academic education