As práticas morais e a aprendizagem de valores e regras: experiência com assembleias em uma escola pública de ensino fundamental I

Abstract

This thesis was presented and defended in the Master's Program of Education of This dissertation was presented and defended in the Master's Program in Education at the University of Oeste Paulista – Concentration Area: Educational Institution and Educator's Training (UNOESTE). In the national scenario, we frequently observe the growth of violence situations in schools, which significantly jeopardizes the educational process. Whether it is verbal, physical, or any other kind of practice, violence must be prevented and countered, since violence is the opposite of education's purpose. Thereby, the responses to situations of conflict existing in school depicted at the violent behaviors found, point out the relevance in working with practices that promote the learning of values and moral rules and the ethical formation of students, since they include the reflection about values and skills needed to the conviviality in society. In this sense, this research had as main objective to substantiate and systematize an experience with a deliberative moral practice, the class assemblies, contributing for the development of students' moral autonomy. It is based on authors of the psychology of morality and especially those who bring the perspective of evolutionary cognitive theory. It was made accordingly with the descriptive qualitative approach, of phenomenological nature of intrinsic case study type. It was developed in a municipal school of kindergarten and elementary school located in the Sao Paulo countryside. The methodological procedures have involved: data collection, documental analysis; semi structured interviews with the director, pedagogical coordinator of the common nucleus and one teacher of the 5th year of Elementary School; observation of an experience with class assemblies made with one teacher and her respective students of the 5th grade of Elementary School; interview after the assemblies with 30% of the total number of students chosen by lot (simple random sample). Data analysis and discussion were based on observations of practice and through the meaning interpretation of answers (written or oral), presented by the respondents; which were separated by axes, sub-axes and categories related to the objectives proposed by this research. Results indicate that although there is still a need for greater theoretical-practical deepening for the systematization of school moral practice with class assemblies instituted by the school, they favor the formation of a student who is protagonist in his developmental process, as well as in the establishment of a school environment in which the climate is favorable for the learning of contents, values and rules, which results in a more democratic coexistence, where mutual respect prevails contributing in a significant way for the development of moral autonomy. Our hope is that this research will subsidize other studies about the learning of values and rules in the work with moral practices in schools, expanding the reflection of these as mechanisms of moral education and their contribution to the development of students' moral autonomy.