Education in dispute: which school for working class students?

Abstract

This article supports the debate about the importance of
students and teachers identifying themselves as workers and partners
to defend their rights and duties. It intends to discuss the importance of
strengthening collective work and creating a space for democratic practice
in schools. The considerations of this article are the result of a qualitative
study developed by the Laboratory of Spaces and Memories of Vocational
and Technological Education in Santa Catarina (Laboratório de Espaços
e Memórias da Educação Profissional e Tecnológica de Santa Catarina -
LEME), which has used semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire
as a methodological resource, in addition, to literature research. The study
empowers the commitment to reinforce the awareness of individuals who
shape the school environment and face the current historical moment
of a neoliberal and atrophied society. Considering the integral human
formation as a perspective, the lack of connection between teachers and
learners reiterates the need for the collective that makes up the school to
recognize it is part of the working class and, in this way, contribute to the
institution performing its relevant social role.