Movimentos sociais, educação e cidadania: um estudo sobre os Cursos Pré-vestibulares populares

Abstract

This study, which constitutes my Master's Thesis in Education, describes and analyzes the history, concepts and practices of political-educational college preparatory courses rated, based on data collected through document analysis, observation and interviews of the main leaders of the Movement for Pre-Vestibular para Negros e Carentes (PVNC), a movement created in 1993 at Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro. The text of the discussion about educationin the current socio-political context, identifies issues to be further on the relationship between social movements, education and political-pedagogical project, examines the ideas of democracy and citizenship, incorporating the concepts of autonomy, identity and interculturalism, describes the history of college preparatory courses rated in the State of Rio de Janeiro, the principles and practices present in the Pre-Vestibular para Negros e Carentes. The main objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between Social Movements and Citizenship Education, investigating the practice of political-educational college preparatory courses rated specifically for the Pre-Vestibular para Negros e Carentes. Moreover, attempts to verify and study the possibilities of college preparatory coursesrated as a movement of democratic educational building relationships.