ENSINO RELIGIOSO, SUICÍDIO E ADOLESCÊNCIA: UM ESTUDO NO AMBIENTE ESCOLAR EM MACAPÁ

Abstract

The objective is to analyze the importance of Religious Education for coping with suicide in adolescence in the school environment. The specific objectives are: to describe the reasons that lead to the practice of suicide in adolescence; identify the reasons that are associated with the high rates of suicide in adolescence in the State of Amapá; and, reflect on the role of Religious Education from a multidisciplinary and trans-religious curricular proposal for the prevention of suicide in adolescence in a school environment. The research question-problem is: how will Religious Education contribute to facing the practice of suicide in adolescence in the school environment? The working hypothesis is that a multidisciplinary and trans-religious curriculum proposal can help against suicide in adolescence. As for the methodology, the research is bibliographical, focusing on the issue of suicide among adolescents at school. The theoretical framework was built from the contributions of Durkheim, Botega and Cassorla, seeking a multidisciplinary perspective. This research report has three chapters. The first, with a more general approach, will gather data on suicide and adolescence, focusing on the school environment. The second will consider the state of Amapá, northern region of the country, pointing out ways to prevent suicide at school. The third and last chapter will seek to outline pedagogical assumptions focused on Religious Education for the effective confrontation of the practice of suicide in adolescence in Macapá.