A educação quilombola no contexto multicultural: o caso da E. M. Rio das Pedras

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the initiative to discuss school from the approach and dialogue of members of a remnant black quilombo community with members from a nearby rural school community amid the process of recognition of the group. In this way, are exploited in the work school practices and educational projects in a rural school, which caters to a remnant quilombo community, and the social dynamics in which it operates and the demands of the local community. The case study refers to the Municipalized School of Rio das Pedras and the Quilombo Community of Alto da Serra, located in the city of Rio Claro (RJ), in Lidice district. The work approach revolves around the idea of “differentiated education”, more specifically the Field Education and the Quilombolas Education as teaching modalities as well as the implementation of initiatives of Law 10.639 in the basic education curriculum. In this sense, the text is thought from the experience of members of the Alto da Serra of Quilombo Community in the debate on school and educational formation, understanding school as a tool to stay in the territory.