The pedagogy course in Brazil: an intersectional reconstructive analysis of the conditions for access to higher education
Social justice; Reconstructive hermeneutics; Higher education; Pedagogy; Intersectionality
The profile of public universities has more honestly reflected the plurality of Brazilian society, and is mostly made up of black people. Much of this change is due to policies such as the ethnic-racial and social quotas discussed in this study. However, access for these people prevails in less “prestigious” courses, with a greater concentration in undergraduate courses, among which the Pedagogy course stands out, both in the public and private sector, whose student profile is made up of women, black people and working class people. Thus, taking the pedagogy course as the source of this thesis and considering the characteristics inherent to this degree, the following question arises: How do the intersections of the social markers of gender, race and class determine the entry of students to pedagogy courses in public or private institutions in the Federal District? To this end, in an attempt to find possible elucidations to the research problem, we carried out an intersectional study, using the reconstructive hermeneutics approach, considering social justice as an interpretative horizon. This is a survey of students on face-toface pedagogy courses at four HEIs in the Federal District, two public and two private, in which we used documentary analysis and questionnaires. We intend to understand, from the perspective of social justice, the different reasons given in order to discursively construct a work that can serve as a source of reflection for all the institutions and subjects involved, and promote new and constant interpretations for a critical development of training in pedagogy.