THE HISTORY OF RURAL EDUCATION IN BRAZIL

Abstract

This article has a bibliographical character and deals with the history of rural education in Brazil through a brief theoretical foray into Brazilian education with a focus on the first schools created in the country and their entire structure. In the same work, we address what Brazilian legislation deals with in relation to the right to study, supported mainly by what is referenced by the Federal Constitution and the Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education. Its structure permeates the meaning of some concepts, points and theories defended by specialists and researchers in Brazilian education and around the world. It initially addresses the origin of the first schools with the arrival of the Jesuits and the implementation of the catechization system for the Indians, the creation of the first normal school in 1835, the creation of normal schools specializing in teacher training for rural primary schools , the strengthening of schools for young people and adults following the creation of the 1934 federal constitution that also guaranteed education as a right for all and the creation of the first LDB in 1961. Finally, it brings contributions from the history of education, highlighting mainly, the role of the rural educator as an understanding of the peasant man as a subject of his own history while defending class struggles for quality rural education and fair agrarian reform in light of the process of historical development of rural education in Brazil.