Social movements and rural education: resistance, limits, and possibilities at the Family Agricultural School - EFA Chico Antonio Bié, Ceará

Abstract

The research aims to understand the relationship of social movements in their dimension of resistance and struggle in the formative action EFA Chico Antonio Bié. The guiding question is: how do social movements act to ensure that EFA is effectively established as an educational institution? This question is based on the condition that the school is community-based and receives no government funding. Additionally, all individuals involved in the formative process are volunteers. Interconnected with other equally important mediations, the institution is part of the network of EFAs in the state of Ceará, strengthening the struggles for the existence of such schools. They operate with a contextualized pedagogy and seek the acquisition of public policies. These elements contribute to the framework in which education is linked to a problematizing dimension, considering that the school's existence requires the involvement of different social movements through established partnerships. The research methodology is qualitative, utilizing literature review and document analysis. The results revealed that the school emerges and develops through the involvement of social movements. However, it also exposed gaps in the role of the State concerning the existence of a school in the/of the countryside.

Keywords

• school
• contextualized pedagogy
• community education