Educação do campo e agroecologia: a materialização do processo na Escola Iraci Salete Strozak

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the materiality that exists between Rural Education and Agroecology at the Iraci Salete Strozak Rural State School. This school is located in the municipality of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu/PR. In this respect, the locus of the research was a school in the Agrarian Reform area, where the author was a student and is currently a teacher, a fact that contributed to the choice of problem and methodology. This is qualitative research, with semi- structured interviews and field diary entries. It is based on action research and dialectical historical materialism. It also draws on documentary research and bibliographical research. The research showed that the school is located in a disputed territory, where the agribusiness production model predominates. Even so, the institution has consolidated a proposal for rural education that produces spaces for the development of practices with training objectives common to agroecology, which are highlighted in teacher training, the syllabus and its educational environment. The situation of neoliberal policy attacks on rural education was portrayed, making the actions of education professionals, the community and agroecology elements of active resistance. As a potential way of working with agroecology in rural schools, its intertwining with socially necessary work and self- organization stood out, making it clear that there is a need to deepen praxis experiences with students.