Implicações educacionais a um povo transcultural : um estudo de caso em uma comunidade cigana na cidade de Sousa - Paraíba

Abstract

This volume brings a re-reading of the Master's dissertation in Educational Sciences, authored by Rafael Eduardo Inácio do Nascimento and supervised by Dr. Jair Moisés de Sousa, with contributions from Larrídja Araújo Cabral and Arthur Vieira de Lima.

The research that originated this work aimed to understand the relationship between gypsies and school in the cultural (and transcultural) perspective of this people, using descriptive and exploratory research as a methodology, with a qualitative approach, of the case study type through interviews and field observation. As an instrument for collecting data, an audio recorder was used, with reliable transcription according to the appendix available at the end of this work. The survey was approved by the CEP through CAAE: 98198718.5.0000.5181 and the interviewees' data were protected according to regulatory standards and LGPD.

Although gypsies are an ancient people, little is understood about the gypsy vision regarding the norms, structures and actions that aim to “integrate” them into civil society in today's format. The rare existing data demonstrate only high rates of illiteracy, school dropout and lack of adequate public policies for this community. Thus, the relationship between Gypsies and education (and in the background with the school environment) is the most sensitive point for understanding and reformulating political actions for inclusion and guaranteeing the full exercise of citizenship.

The results of this research, detailed here, can support public decisions that directly affect the community involved, guaranteeing, albeit indirectly, the active participation of these people in the democratic process, and reflecting on the improvement of their lives and quality of life.