Agricultores familiares e a educação de jovens e adultos em Mocajuba / PA

Abstract

This dissertation refers to questions related to educatiou of goung and adult and rural education in Mocajuba/Pa, that has, as principal focus, farmer`s family students in that town. The central questions are: how that kind of education and rural education are historically constituted in Mocajuba? And what is the real situation of the education offered there to all those students nowadays? Answers to these questions were gotten by information from: 1) book research – to talk about agriculture history and state of affairs in Brazil, Pará and Mocajuba; 2) history

VI studying about education of young and adults, and about rural education in Brazil, Pará and Mocajuba, as well as research and official data and documents collection, in order to make a map of the present situation of young and adults education that is offered by official institutions; 3) analyses of data collected in schools and interviews from farmer`s family students, teachers and community and trade union leadership. Analysing statements, it was possible to identify a great advance in human, politic and technical aspect that farmer`s family students have gotten, when they go back to school or go to it for the first time. So, they can improve ther knowledge and, consequently, they can have better life quality.