Casa familiar rural, perspectivas e desafios: um estudo de caso no município de Santarém, Pará

Abstract

This paperwork has an aim to present the research done on the Rural Family House of Santarem, located in the community of Santa Maria, Eixo Forte region, at the municipality of Santarém-PA, and having as objective to analyze the methodological efficiency of the Pedagogy of Alternation in the training of young people from Santarém-PA. It also sought to identify experiences developed by young people and their families as results from the adoption of principles and concepts based on agroecology, defining its concept of local community development. From these, we used the references of papers related to the theme, field research by the Rural Family House, entities and social movement leaders. It was found that the organization is experiencing difficulties such as the high dropout rate and abandonment of structures related to factors like the lack of physical space to organize themselves structurally, lack of financial resources for their maintenance and lack of administrative official recognition by local government. This study resulted in the perception that the young students, monitors and direction of the organization demonstrate courage and confidence towards the overcoming of obstacles, the prospect that the CFR methodology and structure of the Pedagogy of Alternation might be incurred as a system of education the field, strengthening family farming and helping to promote local community development in the municipality of Santarém.