Field education in Brazil: A brief reflection on the contribution of MST

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the contributions of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) in the construction of a proposal for Rural Education that meets the interests of subjects living in the countryside, mainly through the struggle for the construction of public schools in Settlements Agrarian Reform and the implementation of national public policies for Rural Education. This article is methodologically characterized as a theoretical approach, inscribing itself in the references of dialectical analysis and discourse analysis, using the classic and widely referenced bibliography. As a result, a direct relationship was perceived between the struggle of the MST and the growth and advances of Rural Education in Brazil. Throughout the process, the importance of the MST was perceived, articulated with other social movements in the countryside, and of its actions for the construction of public policies aimed at rural schools and training centers, committed to the affirmation of a social project that seeks development and quality of life, valuing the identity and culture of peasants through liberating education.