Formação continuada para professores(as) do ensino fundamental sobre diversidade cultural religiosa em Vargem Alta - ES: uma proposta de material didático-formativo

Abstract

The thesis "Continuing education for elementary school teachers on religious-cultural diversity in Vargem Alta, ES: a proposal for instructional and training material" presents the following general objective: analyzing and presenting the necessary steps for the elaboration, implementation, and development of didactic-formative material aimed at the continuing education of elementary school teachers in the municipality of Vargem Alta on religious and cultural diversity, with the contribution of the Religious Education curriculum component; and, as specific objectives: reflecting on the specificities of the continuing education offered to elementary school teachers; describing continuing education for teachers aimed at promoting religious and cultural diversity in the school context; evaluating the factors that influence the development of continuing education for teachers on religious and cultural diversity, exploring the contribution of Religious Education; and developing continuing education material for teachers in the Vargem Alta educational system on the theme of religious and cultural diversity, with the contribution of the Religious Education curriculum component. This study seeks to answer the following research question: how to plan, develop, and implement continuing education for elementary school teachers in the municipality of Vargem Alta-ES on religious and cultural diversity, based on the Religious Education curriculum component? The hypothesis is that offering materials with specific procedures to promote continuing education on religious and cultural diversity could, with the contribution of the Religious Education curriculum component, enhance this education in the municipality. To achieve these objectives, exploratory research with a qualitative and quantitative approach was used, considering two lines of investigation: documentary and bibliographic research, in addition to interview procedures and action research. The theoretical concepts reflected upon were continuing education for teachers, legislation, the Religious Education curriculum component, culture, diversity, religion, and religious and cultural diversity, reflected upon from theorists such as: Antônio Nóvoa, Paulo Freire, José Carlos Libâneo, Bernardete Angelina Gatti, Moaci Alves Carneiro, Lidia Kadlubitski and Sérgio Rogério Junqueira, Michel de Certeau, Volney José Berkenbrock and Elcio Cecchetti and Lílian Blanck de Oliveira. The educational product, resulting from the thesis, was a Didactic-Formative Material that enables the implementation and development of continuing education for elementary school teachers in the municipal education system on the theme of religious cultural diversity, with the contribution of the Religious Education curriculum component.