Brazilian cultures and practical practices for rural education

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the process of closing schools in the countryside, as well as to identify the
resistance strategies adopted by movements and organized social groups. As well as analyzing education policies
for rural people, with reference to the fi eld and education projects in dispute; Understand the role of the
State in realizing the right to education; Discuss about the closure of rural schools, locating in which regions
and municipalities this policy has gained more strength in recent years; Investigate how social movements and
rural organizations are positioned in the face of the closure of rural schools. The methodology of this research
involves a qualitative and quantitative approach. It was concluded that rural education has its bases in social
movements, that the achievements, especially in relation to legislation, are the result of the permanent struggle
of organized social movements, which collectively seek to overcome the inequalities imposed on peasants
throughout Brazilian history.