AS RELIGIÕES AFRO-BRASILEIRAS NA SALA DE AULA PELA PERSPECTIVA INTERCULTURAL DO ENSINO RELIGIOSO

Abstract

Given the multiple cultures and diverse religions that permeate Brazil, schools play an important role in implementing a multicultural education that values the diverse peoples that make up Brazilian society. Cultural, religious, and ethnic-racial differences in educational institutions are often marginalized, demeaned, and seen as a classificatory element. It is necessary to think of schools as hybrid and heterogeneous environments where cultures intertwine. In this sense, this dissertation aimed to analyze how content focused on Afro-Brazilian religions is being included in the Religious Education discipline. To this end, the city of Vila Velha/ES was taken as the object of study. The data for analysis came from the application of semi-structured questionnaires to Religious Education teachers working in public education in that city. Based on the analysis of the data, together with the study of educational legislation on the subject, it was found that the city of Vila Velha provides developed conditions for pedagogical practices outside the teaching of Afro-Brazilian religions. In the same way, teachers are useful when addressing such content in the Religious Education discipline.