Licenciatura em Educação do Campo na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro: perspectivas diante da crise

Abstract

Degree in Field Education is a course that had its origin as the result of social mobilizations in the Brazilian countryside. At the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro the course is linked to the Department of Field Education, Social Movements and Diversity of the Institute of Education and has been affected by the restrictive spending measures imposed by the federal government since the issue of Constitutional Amendment No. 95 / 2016. In this context, the objective of this research was to evaluate possible impacts caused in the course and its perspectives in face of the economic crisis of the country. Therefore, interviews were conducted with the manager of the financial area of UFRRJ, with the coordinators and teachers who worked in the Field Education Degree course, in September and October 2018, also research was done on institutional documents. The results demonstrated that there is a direct financial impact in the course and that it has been necessary to use creative ways to attend the pedagogical proposals of the course. The research showed that despite the impacts perceived by teachers due to the limitation of public spending, the perspectives of the course in Field Education of the UFRRJ are positive.