A FUNÇÃO SOCIAL DA ESCOLA NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA: O CASO DA ESCOLA MUNICIPAL JOSÉ PEREIRA DA SILVA, DE CAMPOS BELOS, GO

Abstract

The social function of the school is still an issue that requires reflection and updating. With this work intends to analyze how the social function of the school is represented in a context of pandemic. For this, the object of research is how José Municipal School Pereira da Silva, in Campos Belos, was organized during the pandemic and how it faced challenges of that period. The hypothesis of this research is that despite the school having an ambiguous social function, but importantly, the pandemic has further highlighted the importance of school, especially this school which serves students from subaltern groups. The objectives of this research are: to understand how a peripheral school can exercise its social function in times of a pandemic; Specifics: establish the theoretical framework about the social role of the school and relate it to the challenges in pandemic period; check how a school in Campos Belos, Escola Municipal José Pereira da Silva, acted during the pandemic period in order to fulfill its social role. methodologically this research is qualitative with a focus on document analysis. Beyond said is based on thinkers such as (LIBÂNEO, 1994), (SAVIANI, 2009) (FREIRE, 1996), (COÊLHO, 2012) among others. It concludes whether with this research even in the face of the contradictions imposed by the pandemic, the school is still fundamental for the development of people, at least for existing and acting in a society like ours, in which the dictates of capital still prevail in an extremely strong and further marginalize the most vulnerable populations.