Collective orientations and critical-emancipatory education of students of the Graduation Course in Rural Education at UFES – Goiabeiras Campus

Abstract

It deals with the education processes of educators in the rural field, with the students of the Graduation in Rural Education from the Federal University of Espírito Santo - UFES Goiabeiras Campus. It aims to know the collective orientations of students inserted in the social movements of the countryside such as the Movement of Landless Rural Workers - MST and the Movement of Small Farmers - MPA - and those who do not have this insertion. It seeks to identify whether the course contributes to the process of critical-emancipatory education of those enrolled. Twelve (12) students participated in the research, divided into two groups, being: a) “Fenix Group”, without insertion in social movements, composed of 05 (five) students; and b) “Dream Chasers Group”, inserted in social movements, composed of 07 (seven) students. It seeks to present, from the analysis of the data produced through the form and discussion groups (WELLER, 2006; 2011), which are the collective orientations of the students of the Graduate Degree in Rural Education. For that, it uses the Documentary Method, initially elaborated by Karl Mannheim and re-elaborated by Ralf Bohnsack (WELLER, 2005), as a method of analysis of the narratives. In the students of “Fenix Group” he identifies a collective transforming orientation and in the “Dream Chasers Group” a collective militant-community orientation. For comparative analysis, it is mainly used the theoretical constructs of Paulo Freire (1986; 1992; 1999; 2011) of dialogue, emancipation and empowerment. The result shows that the Rural Education graduation course contributes to students' critical-emancipatory education.

Keywords: Education of Educators and Rural Educators. Rural Education. Social Movements. Graduation in Rural Education.