Alternation system in the teacher major course of Rural Education: an experience of the Federal University of Goiás/Regional Catalão

Abstract

The Teacher Major Course of Rural Education (LEdoC) work in Alternation Regime, with the development of actions that stimulate the systematic relationship of theory-practice-theory, through alternating training times in University Time (TU) and Community Time (TC). The objective of this work is to analyses one experience of the TC at Federal University of Goiás - Regional Catalão, carried out in the Vista Alegre Settlement in Cristalina (GO). About 250 families live in the settlement. What marks the lives of these individuals is a process of struggle and resistance in conquering and remaining in these territories, always fighting for social policies that meet their social needs. With the TC, the students come to better understand the structures that surround the life of the subjects of the field, with their infinite particularity and ways of life. In addition, there are changes of perception and a reflection on the pedagogical theories themselves and the socio-educational thoughts. We can conclude then that TC is essential in the process of training future rural teachers.

Keywords

• teacher major course in rural education
• alternation system
• community time.