EDUCAÇÃO NO/DO CAMPO: OS IMPACTOS DO PRONERA NO PROJETO DE ASSENTAMENTO PADRE NILO

Abstract

This paper addressed the impacts of a Youth and Adult Education Course on the Father Nilo Settlement, following the concepts of Education in/of the Countryside, which takes into consideration the territory where the course takes place and also the specificities of Settlement Projects of the Agrarian Reform in Goiás. This, following the guidelines of the Programa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária (Pronera, National Program of Education in Agrarian Reform), which treats Education from the perspective of Human Rights, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and other legal instruments. To measure these impacts, a conference was held with graduates of the course and members of the settled community. This technique was used after the exhibition of a documentary film made by the Course coordination, with Pronera students from other cities of Goiás. The research revealed how important it was to the settlers, since some who could not read, they began to read and do basic math and allowed everyone to better manage their allotment and also to do the proper management of animals.