ENSINO RELIGIOSO E FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE: OS CRITÉRIOS DE CONTRATAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES PARA A DISCIPLINA DE ENSINO RELIGIOSO NO ESTADO DO PIAUÍ

Abstract

The present work seeks to perform an analysis of the recruiting criteria for teachers who work in the teaching of Religious Education in public schools in the State of Piauí. This discipline, according to the legislation, must be of mandatory offer in the Basic School education, supported by the official documents like Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education LDB, Federal Constitution and the State Basic Curriculum. It is known that the offer of the discipline of Religious Education in schools is much discussed in Brazil, and it is possible to find opinions on the subject in various areas of society. In this way the present dissertation will verify how the ideas of Education of Religious Education appear in the basic curricular proposal of the State of Piauí, and its particular unfoldings and contents taught for Elementary and Middle School. In the course of this research it will be verified how the expressions of the culture, customs and religious heritages maintain connection with the discipline in thesis. Of these, the main ones will be exposed in order to be better understood. Throughout the study, with the intention of a better understanding of the trajectory of education in Brazil, we will make a brief historical survey and observe that education should be directed towards a better formation of the human being and not just a simple transmission of knowledge and this is one of the concerns of the Laws that support teaching in Brazil. In this way, the themes proposed for the teaching of Religious Education are analyzed and how it is present in the classroom. The issue in question is not only a systematic analysis on the criteria for hiring teachers for Religious Education, but also how the subject is addressed in the basic curriculum proposed by State Secretariat of Education -SEDUC for competence. In this way the Religious Education program is analyzed and some historical reflections are carried out. This matter is of the utmost importance, as we believe that such matters propose to help in the consolidation of a well-informed citizen, and at the same time, with a human formation that enables him to deal with the world around him. Through field research and documentary research it will be possible to observe the contextual reality in the state of Piauí.