Natural Sciences and historical-dialectical materialism: meetings and disagreements in formation of rural teachers

Abstract

The theme of this article results of the research to the specialization monography conducted by the author, where we explored the particular relationship of the popular rural social movements (MSPdoC) with two fields of study in particular: Rural Education and Agroecology. Here we seek to understand the adoption of historical-dialectical materialism in the original conception of Rural Education of the MSPdoC as a phenomenon aside, worthy of reflection. We did so with the support of Sociology of Knowledge and Philosophy and History of Science. Thus, the aim of this article is to identify meetings and disagreements between the Natural Sciences and historical-dialectical materialism, as it relates to the education of rural teachers. It was possible to understand that historical-dialectical materialism is capable of substantiating new analyzes of natural reality. However, the conception dispute between the subjects involved in the implementation of the Rural Education project and the disciplinary formats of the Pedagogy and Graduation courses appear to us as disagreement. Another disagreement refers to the contents of didactic materials of the Natural Sciences do not converge to a co-evolutionary or historical-natural perspective. Our work finds to a possible horizon, the educational principle of work, both for the educational process and for the scientific.

Keywords

• Rural Education
• Natural Sciences
• Philosophy of Science