Projeto Lá vem o Congo:possibilidades na formação continuada de professoras para a educação das relações étnico-raciais.

Abstract

This Course Completion Work presents an investigation that analyzes the participation of a group of elementary school teachers, from a Municipal Public School, located in the municipality of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais. The central objective of this research was to analyze how teachers work on the issue of ethnic-racial diversity and their participation in the Lá vem o Congo” Project: an interdisciplinary and anti-racist proposal from the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program (Pibid) from the Pedagogy course at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Institute of Human Sciences (ICHPO). We start with the following question: After experiencing the experience of the “Lá vem o Congo” Project, what is the pedagogical positioning of the teachers involved with the proposal? Did the post-project pedagogical performance contribute to the development of other practices on African and Afro-Brazilian culture? With the aim of identifying whether teachers from one of the participating schools continue to work on pedagogical activities on ethnic-racial issues. This research had a qualitative approach. Our research subjects were 5 elementary school teachers. And to collect research data, a formulated and structured questionnaire was applied to be analyzed in a qualitative/interpretive way. Content analysis was used to analyze the interviews. We are theoretically based on authors such as Munanga (2015), Gomes (2003, 2005, 2023), Silva (2010). This research discussed the reality of Brazilian education, in its social, cultural and pedagogical aspects and the applicability of Law 10.639/03, seeking greater appreciation and respect from society, as well as fighting for anti-racist education. The results indicate that the majority of teachers surveyed experience difficulties when it comes to working on the topic in the classroom. However, everyone unanimously agrees that the projects contribute effectively to anti-racist education.