Os egressos da Licenciatura Interdisciplinar em Educação do Campo: perfil, formação e atuação profissional.

Abstract

In September 2009, the academic activities of the first class of the Interdisciplinary Degree in Rural Education at the Center for Sustainable Development of the Semi-Arid (CDSA) at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) began. During this time, several professionals have already graduated, resulting in concerns about the fate of these educators, since the course allows educators to develop their profession in various spaces. Thus, the general objective of this research was to provide an overview of the “Countryside Educator”, a professional trained in the Interdisciplinary Degree in Countryside Education, highlighting the following aspects: the predominant gender among graduates; how your trajectory occurred throughout the course; their area of activity, chosen after graduation and what area of work the graduates currently do, we also discuss the main challenges faced by these professionals in the job market. The methodological route chosen to better meet the needs of this research was qualitative research using an online questionnaire constructed using Google Forms. The same was applied to 34 graduates. The research revealed that, although a good part of the graduates followed the career that the course proposed, another very significant part did not follow that path, due to the opportunities that were given to them along the way. It was identified during the study that the graduates are different people with totally different perspectives, also coming from realities and contexts that are not the same, although the vast majority of them all live in the countryside. The Interdisciplinary Degree in Rural Education is part of a historical trajectory, of collective struggles for basic rights for rural people, however this trajectory could be more evident in the introductory subjects of the course.