CULTIVANDO VALORES E RESPEITANDO A DIVERSIDADE RELIGIOSA: O USO DA POESIA NA PROMOÇÃO DE UM AMBIENTE ESCOLAR PACÍFICO

Abstract

This research reflects on the context of Brazilian education, where violence is experienced both in the learning environment and in other environments frequented by students, each in its own reality. As the learning environment, the school, is the main means of coexistence for children and young people, this atmosphere has a great influence on the formation of the individual. Disagreements are common in any relationship of any kind. These are part of the interaction between individuals within society. However, when extrapolating certain limits, they tend to culminate in violence. Thus, when considering the character of citizenship construction that can be observed at school, it is necessary to establish in the learning environment a pedagogical practice that can properly value the student, reflecting on the differences found in any place of interaction, as well as on the notion of respect for such differences. Since the school is a place of coexistence between different people from different families, each with its own characteristics, religious values and convictions also tend to be taken to the school environment. In this sense, it is imperative that all actors involved in the teaching and learning process align themselves and seek to establish respect and peace among students in their differences as a common goal. With the assertions of authors such as Manoel Jorge da Silva Neto, Milton Ribeiro, Paulo Freire, Ulysses de Araujo, Piaget, Helder Pinheiro, among others, as well as reflections on the daily life of the learning environment, of which the author of This research is part of the evidence that violence in the school environment has experienced a significant and dangerous increase in recent years, a context in which there is an urgent need for actions that can promote a culture of peace, empathy and respect for differences. This research aims to reflect on the use of poetry in the classroom in order to help transmit values, specifically dealing with respect for religious diversity. This is a documentary study, where information contained in the Political Pedagogical Project of a school belonging to the municipal network in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo, was analyzed, as well as information extracted from the Participatory Council, as well as the Institutional Evaluation, answered by students, family members and employees of the School through a platform for electronic questionnaires. In addition, this study includes an interdisciplinary project for the production of poetic texts on respect for religious diversity in a learning environment.