Escola justa: as concepções de professores do município de Paracambi, região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This research aimed at investigating what high school teachers from Paracambi understand by fair school (escola justa, in Portuguese). We chose qualitative research and narrative interviews, which were analyzed by means of discourse studies. We interviewed five teachers. Those respondents were selected according to criteria such as: length of experience (beginner, experienced and retired), education modality (High school, Technical high school and Education for Youth and Adults). To get the respondents to provide us with the information we needed, we set up a script with leading questions. The teachers talked about their experience, from the time they chose that career to their current expectations; what they understand by justice and injustice, from the point of view of their own lives and the professional one; what they understand by fair school; and offered suggestions on how to make schools in Brazil fairer (or less unfair).