Entre estudos e rezas: alunos não-confessionais no Colégio Arautos do Evangelho e Colégio Adventista de Cotia SP

• Autor(a) principal: Munhoz, Juliana Neri
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1858
• topic: Alunos não-confessionais; Escola confessional; Socialização; Non-confessional students; Confessional school; Socialization; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::SOCIOLOGIA::OUTRAS SOCIOLOGIAS ESPECIFICAS

The present study sought to analyse the presence of male and female students who do not practice any religion at the Colégio Arautos do Evangelho Internacional, located in Granja Viana - SP and Colégio Adventista de Cotia - SP. These schools seem to be interesting regarding this research due to the number of male and female students they feature: 10% non-Catholic male and female students at the Colégio Arautos do Evangelho Internacional and 82% non-Adventist male and female students at the Colégio Adventista de Cotia (Those numbers were given at the interviews with the schools principal and staff). However, during the research, in year 2010, Colégio Arautos do Evangelho Internacional was closed. Those numbers were given at the interviews with the schools principal and staff. In order to conduct the present study it was necessary to know the religious groups from Arautos do Evangelho Internacional and Adventists, thus obtaining further information their history as groups, their beliefs and charisma. Therefore, it was possible to understand they way those groups transmit their beliefs in the education format. Secondly, we identified the educational history of both groups: the catholic one and the Adventist one as well as the speech of certain individuals who had some influence on this discussion about Education, such as the speech of Leonel Franca for catholic education and the one of Ellen White for the Adventist education. Within the educational frame of both schools we noticed a set of elements that comprehend Religion, such as the prayer moments, chapels, mass and Religious Studies classes. For that reason, thirdly, we conducted a field study by attending the Religious Studies classes, participating in some moments at the chapel, attending masses and interviewing teachers, parents, male and female students, and principals. Through those information and observation, it was possible to make some connections and to apply the presence of non-religious male and female students at those schools at the theory on socialization. In other words, the religious differences do not seem to be so important as the social interaction with friends and other members from school. Thus, we brought the theory of socialization applied by Berger and Luckmann, Maria da Graça Setton and Lahire. School has that characteristic of cultural interaction in a way that model, subjects and knowledge are shared. Seemingly, there is a difference between education scope and religion scope for those non-religious male and female students. In other words, studying at a confessional school does not mean to follow the same religion of school, even IF they cope and participate in the school religious socializing moments. School would be the space of teaching, and religion the confessional male and female students follows (or do not follow at all) would be in a scope outside school. It belongs to private or family environment. The research on the religious profile of Brazilian youth conducted by Jorge Cláudio and Regina Novaes completed the analysis of this information. Their research revealed the so-called loosening of the relation between youth and religion. Thus, for the young person, in our research, the adolescent, having friends from a religion different than his/hers does not imply any problem. Other elements such as the school locations and an education that emphasizes discipline, works with values and ethics are issues that explain the presence of non-confessional male and female students at those confessional schools