Educação popular – contribuições à ressocialização de jovens em conflito com a lei no Centro Educacional para Jovens (CEJ)

Abstract

This paper investigates the possible contributions of Popular Education (PE) to the resocialization of young people served by the Educational Center for Young People (CEJ), based on a critical analysis of the institution's Political Pedagogical Project (PPP). The research question seeks to identify whether the CEJ's PPP uses Popular Education as a reference to contribute to the resocialization process of young people in conflict with the law. The methodology adopted is qualitative and descriptive, using documentary analysis and bibliographic review. The documentary analysis examines the CEJ's Pedagogical Project based on the principles of PE, while the bibliographic study provides theoretical support for understanding socio-educational education. The central theoretical reference is Paulo Freire's work Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which underpins the interpretation of CEJ's practices with a focus on critical, dialogical and emancipatory education. Other relevant texts include Popular Education: a place for collective social construction, organized by Danilo R. Strech and Maria Teresa Esteban, and Adolescents in Conflict with the Law, by Paulo C. Duarte Paes and Sandra Maria Francisco de Amorim, which address issues related to resocialization and the development of critical consciousness. The analysis suggests that, although the CEJ PPP does not fully adopt a Freirean perspective, the application of the principles of Popular Education could improve educational practices, promoting a more inclusive and critical environment, favoring the formation of citizenship and the development of autonomy of the young people served.