Escola Irmã Dorothy Mae Stang: rotina e desafios de uma educação integral do campo

Abstract

This research addresses the challenges of full-time comprehensive education at the Irmã Dorothy Mae Stang rural school in Santarém. Its main objective is to recapture the history of the school. It describes its routine as a full-time school, the perceptions of teachers and administrators about the challenges faced in implementing and maintaining full-time education and makes a critical analysis of the reasons that led to the change to part-time education. This research presents a qualitative approach, focusing on the case study. The study is presented through a documentary accompanied by an article that portrays the school's history. The pedagogical proposal adopted at this full-time rural school went beyond traditional teaching and incorporated relevant and innovative educational practices. It promoted a learning space that included mandatory subjects, as well as activities related to the environment, culture and art, valuing the identity of the school and the students of the Eixo-forte region. The transformation of the school from full-time to part-time ended the innovative process that highlighted it as an inspiring experience for other rural schools.