Gender and sexuality in the context of the countryside school: limits and possibilities

• Autor(a) principal: da Silva, Luciane Olegario
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Schwendler, Sonia Fatima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Periódicus
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/revistaperiodicus/article/view/30420

This study approaches the themes of gender and sexuality as dimensions of human development in the schoolcontext. Based on empirical research in a settlement school in Agrarian Reform area in the state of Paraná, it examinedhow the issues of gender and sexuality are understood and taught as dimensions of human development in an emancipatoryperspective of an omnilateral education, in the context of the Countryside Education. Grounded on the narratives ofsecondary school students, teachers, the pedagogical team and head teachers of the school, raised in the research space bymeans of participant observation, interviews and discussion groups, along with the contributions of gender and sexuality studies in education and, in the specificity of the countryside, the study shows boundaries, but also opportunities forchange. Prejudice, sexism and homophobia remaining in the culture of society and the lack of teacher training become themain obstacles for gender and sexuality to be intentionally included in the school curriculum. This situation exacerbates inexception regimes. On the other hand, the inclusion of the school and its subjects in a counter-hegemonic struggle, givesvisibility to an emancipatory education.