ABSTRACT

This study responds to the following problem: what are the conceptions of the initial training curriculum for rural teachers expressed in the Curricular Pedagogical Projects (PPCs) offered by federal universities in the Northern Region of Brazil? The curriculum concepts identified in the basic theoretical references for defining the curriculum conception that guided the PPCs were analyzed, as well as the concepts and principles that structure them. The objective is to analyze the curriculum concepts presented by the PPCs for Initial Training for Rural Teachers offered in the Amazon. This is documentary research based on Apple (1999), Gimeno Sacristán (2000), Quijano (2005), Freire (2011) and Arroyo (2019). The methodology corresponded to three phases: 1. Mapping the PPCs of seven federal universities in the Northern Region of Brazil; 2. Description and analysis of these; and 3. Production of research report. The conceptions of curriculum expressed in the PPCs analyzed are linked to critical conceptions of curriculum arising mainly from Marxist, Freirean and decolonizing theoretical references. Some PPCs omit the theoretical references on which they are based. On the other hand, all the PPCs analyzed contain a robust number of legal references, which highlights a greater concern with legal prescription than with theoretical foundations. A theoretical polyphony was also observed in the PPCs since authors from very different theoretical perspectives serve as references in the same PPC.

Keywords:
Curriculum; Training of Rural Teachers; Amazon