AS DIFICULDADES DE IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DAS AULAS DE ENSINO RELIGIOSO NOS ANOS FINAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL NAS ESCOLAS ESTADUAIS DE MONTES CLAROS - MG

Abstract

The present research aimed to investigate the difficulties of the implementation of Religion Education lectures in the late years of primary school at public schools of Montes Claros. By means of a qualitative research this work began with a bibliographical research to provide theoretical background to the field research subsequently applied on five public primary schools of Montes Claros – MG. This survey comprised of questionnaires, applied to educators on religion and to a representative fraction of the school staff, and direct observations of the religion education lectures, which made possible to determine the frequency and types of activities used by the educators, their involvement, participation and interaction with the class during the activities, as well as the students joyousness during these activities. The direct observation and questionnaires provided the means to evaluate lectures quality. The subjects of the survey were both teachers and students of the late years of five public primary schools. This work suggests that despite the curricular and students devaluation pointed out by the research subjects as the main interfering factor on the teaching-learning process of religion in these schools, improvements on this matter are subordinated to qualification and constant involvement of the educators in order to direct them to use all the resources available to provide practical-theoretical activities, interdisciplinary dialogs and, above all, reorganization of the discipline curriculum to promote citizenship responsibility from debates promoted over day life questions such as respect, friendship and brotherhood.