Os explicadores: das sombras ao ensino paralelo

Abstract

The object of this study refers to the work of "explicadores" - people who practice a kind of parallel teaching compared to the official teaching system in an informal way and in their own domestic space. It deals with a traditional phenomenon which is growing in the city of Rio de Janeiro, especially in the west zone. This research has as its main objective the analysis of the roles performed by the "explicadores" as a possible interpretation about the dynamics of the problems found in Primary School and more specifically, in Elementary School as well as the recent changes in the working market that forces a considerable number of people, through a marginal insertion in the working market to dedicate themselves to the activity in question. The methodological axis invests in multiple ways to talk about "explicadores". Thus, the research favours the techniques accepted by ethnography: interviews and analysis of empirical data. This way, this dissertation presents the possible aspects that legitimate and collaborate to the fact that a significant number of children attend the explanatory classes