Egressas da Licenciatura em Educação do Campo: caminhos na mudança da forma escolar

Abstract

This study analyzed the practices of alumnae from the Undergraduate Rural Education Program (LeCampo) at Minas Gerais University (local acronym FaE/UFMG). It aims at contributing to discussions on changes in school shape. The analysis was based on theoretical and methodological debates about Rural Education, Socialist and Freirean pedagogy. Data were obtained from qualitative research which comprised document analysis, interviews, and participative observation. Results show significant steps taken towards changing school shape. This movement was produced by the alumnae and the education institutions in which they work. Schools develop projects that allow inserting the student in their environment, with a view to criticizing them, understanding social, cultural and work relations and, thus, aiming at an omnilateral education. The conclusion was that these changes cause most effective transformation when the alumnae are engaged in social movements and rural unions that encourage and support the alumnae’s pedagogical practices, which, in turn, stimulates the alumnae to be more deeply engaged in these movements.