THE PRAXIS OF KALUNGA QUILOMBOLA EDUCATORS, GRADUATE FROM THE EDUCATION FOR RURAL AREAS COURSE-UnB, IN THE COMMUNITY VÃO DE ALMAS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUTH SELF-ORGANIZATION AND TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL CULTURE IN DEFENSE OF THE TERRITORY
PRAXIS; TRAINING OF EDUCATORS FOR RURAL AREAS; QUILOMBOLAS; SELFORGANIZATION OF YOUTH; CULTURE;
THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS AT ANALYZING THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES OF KALUNGA QUILOMBOLA EDUCATORS, GRADUATE FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OF EDUCATION FOR RURAL AREAS (LEDOC) AT UNB. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THE COURSE IMPACTED THEIR TEACHING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE QUILOMBO VÃO DAS ALMAS COMUNITY IN CAVALCANTE – GO. THE FOCUS WAS THE SELFORGANIZATION OF THE YOUTH IN DEFENSE OF THEIR CULTURE AND TERRITORY. THE RESEARCH WAS BASED ON THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF PRAXIS, PROPOSED BY CURADO (2018); MOLINA (2017,2018,2021); BITENCOURT BRITTO (2017), XAVIER (2022). THE RESULTS POINTED THAT THE RESEARCHED EDUCATORS RECOGNIZE THEIR TRAINING AT LEDOC ESSENCIAL TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES OF CONTINUOUS ARTICULATION BETWEEN THERORY AND PRACTICE, ENABLING CRITICAL READINGS OF THEIR REALITIES, ALLOWING THEM TO ACT WITHIN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS. THE ANALYSIS OF THEIR STATEMENTS DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ADOPT SUCH PRAXIS IN THE WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THAT THE TEACHING ACTION IS DAILY FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF CRITICAL AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS AND THE FORMATION OF INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CULTURE AND TERRITORY. EVEN AFTER COMPLETING THEIR COURSES, EDUCATORS SEEK AND RELY ON LEDOC’S SUPPORT TO DEVELOP COLLECTIVE ACTIONS WITHIN THE QUILOMBO. IN CONCLUSION, WE CAN AFFIRM THAT DISPITE THE DIFFICULTIES INHERENT TO RURAL AND QUILOMBOLA EDUCATION, LEDOC/UNB GRADUATE TEACHERS HAVE TAKEN UP THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING AN EMANCIPATORY EDUCATION MODEL AND ENCOURAGED THE YOUTH TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES TO RESIST AND CONFRONT HEGEMONY IN DEFENSE OF THEIR CULTURE.