O papel da escola na construção da identidade campesina: os olhares de pais e mães sobre a ação pedagógica da escola no Assentamento Chico Mendes

Abstract

The present study aims to study the parents' views regarding the contribution of the school to the formation of the peasant identity in the Chico Mendes settlement, in the municipality of Riachão do Poço-PB. Thus, initially we present the locus of the research and the applied methodology, where we conduct interviews in loco with some parents of students. We briefly discuss Field Education and Its Challenges, briefly reviewing the beginnings of education and its struggles since the colonial period, in the sequence we reflect the reality of rural education in the municipality of Riachão do Poço based on information provided by the Municipal Secretary of Education. We also reflect in the view of some theorists on the construction of the peasant identity. In conclusion, we analyze the contribution of the Francisco Mendes School in the formation of the peasant identity of the students, considering the vision of the parents involved in the research.