Os Pontos de Cultura como espaços não-formais de ensino: Práticas educativas na Baixada Fluminense.

Abstract

This research is an overview of educational practices developed by NGOs acting as Points of Culture located in the Baixada Fluminense region. This work has as main objective to analyze the actions taken by NGOs included as points of culture in the region of Baixada Fluminense in accordance with the following specific objectives: to identify those actions that can be considered non-formal educational character and the relationships between these actions to concept of political culture. From the discussion of the concepts of Culture presented by Marilena Chauí, the history of cultural policies in Brazil, Antonio Albino Canelas Rubim and definitions that gave the program the result of a recent public policy in Brazil, these actions are understood within this category. Thus, there is a discussion of the role of non-formal education in these processes through the development of the concepts by authors such as Maria da Gloria Gohn, José Carlos Libâneo and Jaume Trilla, a description of the region and the analysis of data derived from responses obtained through two interviews and ten forms completed by managers responsible for the organization in 2014. The results indicated that the Cultura Viva Programme acts as a sort of "fill" the gaps presented by Gohn in regard to non-formal education and that although the organizations have heterogeneous fields and activities, educational practices have performed at approaching culture as a human right and that these can be a springboard for building a new political culture.