Abstract

MEDEIROS, Willana Nogueira; VIEIRA, Sofia Lerche  and  VIDAL, Eloisa Maia. Student Protagonism in rural high schools: an experience from Ceará. Educação. Santa Maria [online]. 2024, vol.49, e83993.  Epub Sep 30, 2025. ISSN 1984-6444.

The articleaimstoinvestigatehowthreeschools in the interior of Ceará, which serve studentsfrom rural locations, havestimulatedthedevelopmentofcitizenshipandstudentprotagonism. The researchhas as theoreticalandmethodologicalfoundationstheinterpretiveparadigm, thequalitative approach, ofexploratorytype as totheobjectiveandapplied as tothenature. The methodwas a multiple case study, usingsemi-structured interviews with managers, teachers, andstudents. A bibliographicresearchwasalsocarried out to dialogue withthefieldfindings. The resultsobtainedwereworkedfromthecontentanalysisand it wasfoundthatalthoughtheconditionsofaccesstoeducation are ensured, theconditionsofstudents' attendance are permeatedbyvariousdifficulties, fromthephysicalinfrastructureofthebuildings, schooltransportation, teachers, andthattheconditionsoftheexternalcontextassociatedwith social andeconomiclimitationshindertheabilitytochoosetheyoungpeople'sschool path. It wasobservedthatschoolspromote a series ofactions in orderto mobilize studentsandprovidespacesthat favor protagonistattitudesontheirpart, stimulatingtheexerciseofcitizenshipandyouthprotagonism. However, thesituationsobserved in thethreeschoolsthat serve the rural population show thatthepublicauthorities, despitetheirefforts, are notabletoensurethereductionofinequalitiesandthefulfillmentofconstitutionalprecepts in guaranteeingtherighttoqualityeducation.

Keywords : Student protagonism; Rural schools; High school.

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