Banca de DEFESA: THAÍS REGINA SOUZA NUNES

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : THAÍS REGINA SOUZA NUNES
DATE: 28/06/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

FOR A FAIRER AND PARTICIPATORY CITY: PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AT ESCOLA ESTADUAL DR. FERNANDES LIMA, BAIRRO SÃO JORGE, MACEIÓ-AL

KEY WORDS:

 child; citizenship; teaching urbanism; public school; Maceió

PAGES: 128
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUMMARY:

Amidst a society marked by social inequalities, class conflicts, and significant
structural differences, studying ways to achieve a fairer and more participatory city
becomes essential. In this context, children experience the city, each within the
possibilities offered to them, but they are largely silenced by the oppressive gaze of
an "adult-centric" perspective. Despite being recognized by law as rights holders,
children's perception is often invalidated when it comes to their participation in
policies that affect their lives. By considering the school as an important tool for
fostering critical thinking about the city, there is a step towards citizenship, where the
relationship between the territory and the society that inhabits it is discussed,
opening the possibility for understanding and effective response to community
interests. When viewed as a territory for the construction of citizenship, the school
opens doors for societal transformation. The city, as a form of expression, constantly
and spontaneously educates and teaches through the experiences of its citizens. The
city transforms through its use, discussion, and planning. It is in this perspective that
Paulo Freire states, "As an educator, the City is also an educand." In this panorama,
the general objective of this dissertation is to promote urban pedagogical practice in
the public school context, with the experimental site being Dr. Fernandes Lima State
School (EEDFL) in the São Jorge neighborhood of Maceió, Alagoas. The aim is to
develop urban consciousness, critical perspectives, participation, belonging, and
autonomy among young people in the city. The specific objectives are to identify the
main authors addressing the conceptualization of childhood and the recognition of
children and adolescents as citizens, as well as the role of the school in educating for
citizenship; to study the main theories addressing the pedagogical relationship
between the city and education; to compare pedagogical practices for civic
awareness, both nationally and internationally; to characterize the São Jorge
neighborhood where EEDFL is located, observing its relationship with the
surrounding area, its physical conditions, and the socio-economic situation of the
school community; and finally, based on the analyzed pedagogical practices, to apply
an experiment to stimulate civic awareness at the school in the neighborhood and
analyze its results. The methodological procedures were divided into four phases:
study of the theoretical framework; survey and analysis of pedagogical practices;
recognition of the environment and the school; and implementation of the experiment
through participant observation. Finally, through the application of the pedagogical
practice, it was possible to observe issues such as social differences from the
perspective of children and adolescents, and how it affects their way of thinking and
experiencing the city, whether through fear, insecurity, violence, or liberating
experiences. The practice also recognized the potential for active participation among
children and adolescents, especially regarding the issues that affect them, where the
processes of listening and stimulating citizenship are fundamental for effective
participation.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2332875 - DEBORA DE BARROS CAVALCANTI FONSECA
Interno(a) - 3143166 - DIANA HELENE RAMOS
Externo(a) à Instituição - MONICA PEIXOTO VIANNA - Tiradentes
Interno(a) - 2121364 - MORGANA MARIA PITTA DUARTE CAVALCANTE