Ecoterra – leitura sobre as representações dos povos amazônicos em escolas de Palmas -TO (2016-2022)

Abstract

Cultural projects involving schools and civil entities constitute a way of enriching the pedagogical resources available to educational institutions, in order to expand their means of learning, in addition to complying with legal determinations of mandatory content, as provided for in Law 11,645/ 2008, which establishes the obligation to teach Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture, covered in this research. To this end, this work aims to analyze three projects carried out by ECOTERRA - Association for Environmental Preservation and Valorization of Life, called Ethnic Exchange, Afrobrasility at School and Enraizando, respectively carried out in partnership with the institutions Escola de Tempo Integral Luiz Gonzaga, Tiradentes High School Center and the Liberdade State School, located in the municipality of Palmas, in Tocantins. The study of the aforementioned projects aimed to identify and analyze the readings on the representations constructed about traditional, indigenous and Afro-descendant people problematized in ECOTERRA projects and actions in Tocantins and their repercussions on the aforementioned schools, between the years 2016 and 2022. The methodology used was fundamentally based on qualitative research, regarding the treatment of documentary records, as well as information collected in the form of questionnaires from students, teachers and lecturers participating in the projects, in order to outline perceptions and representations on the themes discussed. Based on the information obtained, both from ECOTERRA's records and from those involved, the contributions of the inclusion of popular knowledge of traditional peoples in the school curriculum were considered to have a greater scope, as well as the need for effective dialogue within the scope of partnerships. between NGOs and school institutions in curriculum improvement.