THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE OF/IN XUKURU SCHOOLS: MEETINGS WITH THE DECOLONIAL PEDAGOGY IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Xukuru people. Xukuru School Education. Pedagogical practice. Decolonial Thought. School community.
This master's dissertation has as its object of study the pedagogical practice of / in Xukuru
schools. Thus, we elaborated the research question: what are the possible encounters between
the pedagogical practice of the Xukuru schools and Decolonial Pedagogy? We take as a
general objective to investigate the possible encounters between the pedagogical practice of
the Xukuru schools and the Decolonial Pedagogy. From this, we project as specific
objectives: 1) Specify the concepts of indigenous education and indigenous school education
Xukuru; 2) Identify and characterize Xukuru Pedagogy, with a view to community-school
relations; 3) Map the experiences of the people that have an impact on school life in a
decolonial perspective; 4) To characterize the encounters between the pedagogical practice of
the Xukuru schools and the Decolonial pedagogy. In order to carry out the research, we seek
to reflect on Indigenous Education and Indigenous school education (BANIWA, 2006),
pedagogy (LIBÂNEO, 2001), Pedagogical practice (SOUZA, 2012), Xukuru Education and
Xukuru school education based on his own productions. people, in dialogue with Decolonial
Thought. The methodological paths took place in circular forms which were articulated by
qualitative research, considering the dense descriptions of the ethnographic character. We use
participant observation, ethnographic interviews, intensive diaries and Content Analysis as
data construction techniques, as an analytical procedure. Therefore, we conclude that the
possible encounters between the Pedagogical Practice of the Xukuru schools and the
Decolonial Pedagogy occur in the daily dynamics of forming the warrior / Xukuru through
three dimensions: spirituality, memory and collectivity. The pedagogical management,
teaching, student and epistemic practice of Xukuru schools are based on these three
dimensions that make school life understood as a political and emancipatory project in a
community-school perspective, that is, Xukuru schools are specific, differentiated and
intercultural when the school is recognized while it is done by the people themselves.