AFROCENTRATED CURRICULUM IN A QUILOMBOLA SCHOOL IN PENEDO/ALAGOAS: Reaffirming Identities
School curricula, Ancestry, Quilombola School.
The present dissertation is being developed within the scope of the Master in Education and is linked to the line of research Education Diversity and Curriculum, of the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE\CEDU), of the Federal University of Alagoas, having as its theme: Afrocentric curricula in a quilombola school in Penedo/Alagoas: Reaffirming Identities. This work seeks to describe the school curricula experienced in a quilombola school, located in the municipality of Penedo/AL, community Tabuleiro dos Negros. As a general objective, we seek to: research how the quilombola school located in the community of Tabuleiro dos Negros is enhancing black identities and ancestry in school curricula. As specific objectives, it was designed: a) To identify meanings and principles attributed to the curriculum in the quilombola school, such as recognition and production of emancipatory knowledge; b) Analyze the curricula of the teachers who work in the quilombola school, observing if they contribute to the strengthening of the students' ethnic-racial identity; c) Evaluate which conception of identity the school and its educators have; d) Observe whether the teaching materials and productions built in the school value the community's ancestry. As problematizations, we sought: how have the school teachers been dialoguing with the history and culture of the Tabuleiro dos Negros community in the classroom? Do the teaching materials and productions built in classrooms, used by the teachers, explore the quilombola theme? Are the curricula built valuing the community's ancestry? To do so, we followed the methodological path of Qualitative Research, with emphasis on the Case Study (LAKATOS, 2010); YIN, 2016). We are guided by the following data collection instruments: Semi-structured interviews, focus groups, class observations. For documental analysis, we searched for: didactic materials, Pedagogical Political Project, photographs, Class Diaries, Lesson Plans, pedagogical works and projects, pedagogical activities. Considering that this research is still in the execution phase, we do not bring final results in this qualification.