Educação, direito e cidadania: uma reflexão sobre a educação jurídica no ensino médio como instrumento de promoção de uma sociedade cidadã

Abstract

The monograph aimed to analyze the collaboration to promote the exercise of citizenship. In the course of this paper, a brief explanation of the concept of citizenship and its dimensions, the constitutional and LDB prediction on the subject was presented, as well as the relationship between legal education and the promotion of citizenship was analyzed. The problem faced in the discussion was to analyze how education can contribute to the realization of citizenship. To this end, a field research was conducted at the Auristela Soares Lima School Unit. Questionnaires were applied to sixteen subjects: ten students, five teachers and the principal of the school, in order to analyze the students' knowledge about citizenship and notion Law and analyze from teachers and the board, how the citizenship theme is worked in the school. The research results showed that in the conception of the teachers and the school management, the citizenship theme is worked whenever possible in the classroom. In the students' conception, the notion of law is important for the experience in society, however most could not cite examples of rights they have, could not explain satisfactorily what is citizenship and what is to be a citizen, as well as most of those surveyed never had contact with the Federal Constitution and does not know its contents. Based on the perceptions of the subjects, it was decided to perform an intervention work in the form of a cycle of educational lectures dealing with these themes, and later an experience report was made. The research was of great importance for professional life and finally it was found that legal education is indeed fundamental for the promotion of effective citizenship.