Pernambuco e sua cultura : uma experiência com a disciplina eletiva no novo ensino médio em uma escola semi-integral do Recife - PE.

Abstract

This article is an experience report of an Elective built in the context of the New High School, in a reference school of the state government in Recife, Pernambuco. The NEM, emerges as a possibility in relation to several problems in basic education, mainly school dropout. The subject designed by the teacher was named "Pernambuco and its Culture", also linking environmental aspects of the geography of the city of Recife. A post-colonial perspective was adopted from planning, through execution to its culmination, with rich debates involving issues such as ancestry, origin of the Brazilian people, the value of popular culture, resistance Pernambuco, even Afro Brazilian religions when passing through content about the Manguebeat Movement and the ideas of Chico Science; Rural and nation Maracatu, variations of Coco, Ciranda, Cavalo Marinho, Frevo and contemporary artists from the state. By awakening the reflection and interest of several students in the local culture, the importance of a discipline like this is expressed, mainly as a counter-hegemonic movement to the colonization of ideas and forms of expression.