A ação pedagógica de professores ribeirinhos da Amazônia e sua relação com a concepção freireana de educação: um estudo do Projeto Escola Açaí em Igarapé-Miri/PA

Abstract

The current research investigated the way how river people teachers, who work with the Açaí School Project, in Igarapé-Miri/PA, develop their pedagogical performance, and if these practices are related to Freire’s assumptions of education. The methodological option is based on qualitative research, configured in a case study with questionnaire application, documentation analysis and interviews for data collection with river people teachers. In the study, theoretical productions which focus on pedagogical practices from Paulo Freire’s ideas were used, along with other references that search the Amazon River people context in relation to socio-educational and cultural aspects. The results of this work showed that the pedagogical performance developed by the Açaí School teachers is grounded in Freire’s conceptions, in such a way that these performances are close and adequate to the river people reality, pointing out the knowledge, the culture and the experiences of these populations, restoring and assuring the cultural values of these subjects who live in the Amazon Region. It also proved that the pedagogical performance allow socio-educational inclusion of river people students’ families to take place into several community activity projects, through cultural elements related to Amazon river people context.