Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos
On-line version ISSN 2176-6681
Abstract
MARQUES, Waldemar; FRANCO, Fernando Silveira and SCHLINDWEIN, Marcelo Nivert. Universidade e movimentos sociais no Brasil: uma experiência de ação afirmativa. R. Bras. Est. Pedag. [online]. 2011, vol.92, n.232, pp.577-598. ISSN 2176-6681.
This article presents and discusses an agronomy course focused on agrarian reform developed by São Carlos Federal University (UFSCar) in São Paulo state. The paper shows the main theoretical and methodological aspects that guided the course focused on familiar agriculture from sustainable production paradigm that preserves the environment. It highlights the countryside social movements, the course implementation and some results. The analysis considers this experience as an indicator that the public university can serve the grassroots classes instead of upper-middleclass as it occurs in Brazil.
Keywords : Field Education; Social Movements; Agrarian Reform; Agroecology; Pronera.