A Formação de acadêmicas/os indígenas no curso de Pedagogia da UEMS/Dourados: currículo e a prática docente

Abstract

This work aims to analiyze the Pedagogical Project of the Pedagogy Course de of university Unit of Dourados of UEMS, in relacion to the teaching practice of indigenous graduates between 2013 and 2019, who returned to their Jaguapiru and Bororó villages, located in the Muncipality of Dourados. It seeks to analyze whether the Curriculum of the Pedagogy Course contemplates the cultures of these graduates, favoring a connection with the reality of indigenous schools. For this, it was necessary to go through relevant aspects of theoretical construction of the curriculum, and thus, be able to understand its constitutive faces that can influence the teaching mechanism when applied in one or another theoretical model of curriculum. Afterwards, this approach regarding the relevant theoretical aspects of the curriculum, which is essential for the study of the Pedagogical Project of the Pedagogy Course at UEMS, addressed essential points of the referred Project, such as Principles, Objectives, the Graduate Profile, and the Course Teacher and its Curriculum Matrix. Soon after, questionnaires were applied; for indigenous teachers graduating from the Pedagogy Course, and, after that, for 2 (two) teachers of the referred Course, and interviews were conducted with indigenous teachers who worked as early childhood and elementary education professionals in indigenous schools located in the Jaguapiru and Bororó villages who agreed to answer the questionnaire. Thus, this methodological path was developed, the theoretical study of the curriculum, the analysis of the Pedagogical Project of the Course and, finally, the vital interviews for this research and which can contribute to the improvement of this continuous process continuous historic of the future reformulations of the Pedagogical Project. Among the main conclusions, there is the need to build a curriculum that effectively incorporates the knowledge, knowledge and traditions of these indigenous peoples, thus overcoming the predominance of western hegemonic culture to the detriment of the others.