Educação do campo e educação popular: as práticas pedagógicas da Escola José Albino Pimentel, da comunidade quilombola do Gurugi-Ipiranga, Conde/PB

Abstract

In the following work we examine the Educational Practices of the José Albino Pimentel Municipal Elementary School, located at the Gurugi-Ipiranga quilombola community in the city of Conde, Paraíba. Our goal is to analyze the school’s pedagogical practices in order to identify if they are based on the principles and fundamentals of Rural Education and Popular Education. Our qualitative research employed both category analysis and semi structured interviews, developed according to the theoretical bases of category analysis of Rural Education, Popular Education and Pedagogical Practice. The research has identified that the Albino Pimentel School develops traditional pedagogical practices linked to the official curricular programs (BNCC and the Educar pra Valer program), but also other practices that incorporate elements aligned with rural and quilombola education through the following projects: Clamores Antigos, which involves puppetry and african-descended dances like côco de roda and maculelê; and Jornal Mural, a newspaper created and managed by students that tackles the news through the lenses of the Gurugi-Ipiranga quilombola community’s problems and questions. These pedagogical practices involve teachers, students, and community members, incentivize students to take on the role of protagonists, and value rural peoples’ labor, land, culture, history, memory, and identity.