Educação e identidade étnico-racial da criança negra

Abstract

The aim of this Course Conclusion Paper (CCT) is to investigate the relevance of school education for the construction of a positive ethnic-racial identity of black children, being a question to reflect, considering the importance that the theme has on current days. It also aims to: reflect from bibliographies and documents on the relationship between education and the construction of ethnic-racial identity of black children; research at school, through semi-structured interviews, how managers and teachers perceive and deal with the racial issues of black children; and, to analyze the data collected in the field research and how the school Pedagogical Political Project foresees intervention actions relating the question of the positive black identity. Having as a research question: what is the role, the relevance of school education in the formation of a positive black identity of the child? Thus, the research has as its guideline a qualitative approach based on the case study modality, which was conducted in a municipal public school in Luziânia (GO); and, for data collection, a semi-structured interview was used, with the participation of three teachers from the Early Years of Elementary School. As a theoretical framework, respected and specialized authors were used, such as Kabengele Munanga, Nilma Lino Gomes and Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva, and Laws 10,639, January 2003 and 9,394, December 1996 that support all these issues. It is generally noted that, from the research field, there are no projects to work with the theme, education professionals are not comfortable talking about the subject, due to lack of knowledge and preparation.