The historical route from a school in the field to a school in the field

Abstract

Field Education is a recent discussion that started in 1990 with the articulation of social movements and no governmental entities that proposed a reflection on the role of the school, the educator, the curriculum and the field man in the constitution of an education that valued the culture of the countryside. The struggle for education was part of the struggle for land led by these movements, driven by the desire to conquer the right to live off the land and remain in the countryside. There is a diversity of elements that intertwine in the reality of the countryside, among them, the devaluation of education that takes place in the countryside, lack of knowledge of public policies that should serve the Field School and the lack of recognition of the importance of the rural man. For urban society are reflected in the curricular and pedagogical proposal offered in schools.  Over the years,  field  education was treated in an extemporaneous and labeled way, which sometimes caused the demotivation of those who believed that it was possible to have a quality school in the countryside. The scope of this work is to understand the historical issues that forged Field Education in Brazil, so that it could envision rural education, in addition to rural education.