OS MOVIMENTOS SOCIAIS NAS PRÁTICAS EDUCATIVAS: CONFLITOS E DESAFIOS DO MOVIMENTO POPULAR PLANTA E VIDA DE RIO VERDE – MOPORV

Abstract

The present work seeks to understand the Movimento Popular Planta e Vida de Rio Verde – MOPORV and the possibilities of articulating pedagogical practices. Five female teachers participated in the research, linked to public and private schools, with an average teaching time of 25 years and who developed pedagogical activities at MOPORV. Individual interviews were carried out and the project was approved by the research ethics committee. The results of the interviews were organized based on the nuclei of meanings entitled: Nucleus 1, “It is not MOPORV as a social movement, it is MOPORV as a trader of natural remedies”; Nucleus 2, “The role of MOPORV in the teaching-learning process; and Nucleus 3 “Social movements in educational practices”. As a result, the participants have a diversified conception of MOPORV, whose emphasis oscillates mainly between the commercial role and the popular knowledge of medicinal and natural plants. The pedagogical practices carried out in the Movimento Popular Planta e Vida focus on biological aspects and those related to plants, not observing the development of transversal activities that dialogue with historical, social, political and moral aspects. The participants reported that they did not develop the theme related to social and popular movements, since they can be generators of weariness both among colleagues and with the academic management and parents of students. We conclude that there is a need for schools to problematize their practices, establishing dialogue with society, to promote teaching and learning processes with critical awareness and to be spaces for democratic and shared management, based on the possibility of awareness and social transformation.