Neidson Rodrigues e o primeiro Congresso Mineiro de Educação : história, pensamento e ação na reconstrução democrática dos anos 80

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the insertion of the educational area into the political context of the democratic transition of the 80´s. It focuses on the First Education Congress of Minas Gerais and its main idealizer, the educator Neidson Rodrigues and, at the same time, it emphasizes the participation of teachers in the social struggles of that period. The findings suggest that the Education Congress may be considered much more by its role in organizing the opposition of teachers to the military regime in Brazil than effectively searching for solutions for the complex educational problems of the time. In this regard, Neidson Rodrigues contributed to unlegitimize the military governments by emptying their educational project of a new school which pledged the integral formation of the human being. Therefore, his thoughts opposed the educational project of the regime, whose priorities were directed to meet the needs of strengthening the capital.