Reflections on PROCAMPO – supp ort pr ogram for higher educa tion in licentiate in field educa tion

Abstract

The present text is the result of the research carried out in rural education in close articulation with social movements, in a historical and emancipatory perspective, developed in the Post-Doctorate in Education of the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). Our main objective was to understand the Program of Support for Higher Education in Licentiate in Field Education – PROCAMPO, as a specific public policy for education in the countryside, arising from the mobilizations of social movements. The documentary research was developed, predominantly, in bibliographic collections. We use research sources, legislation, ordinances, decrees and theoretical references on education of the field in social movements. We support a sociological perspective of investigation and explanation of the social processes of participation of the peasant subjects, as historical and cultural beings. The results show that PROCAMPO contributes to the political-pedagogical formation of educators in rural schools, respecting the values of solidarity and ethics present in the struggle for land.