Sociabilidades, conflitos e adaptações entre estudantes do Colégio Agrícola Vidal de Negreiros (CAVN) em Bananeiras-PB.

Abstract

This research work aims at analyzing and understanding the forms of conflicts and adaptation as well as sociability experienced by students Vidal de Negreiros Agricultural School (CAVN) in Bananeiras-PB. One tried to feature both social and geographical origin of young students from CAVN, to identify the cultural manifestations of those students, their differences toward strange people, and how they interact during the daily school activities. Thus, we have taken into account the finding of existent differences between students from countryside and those from the city, as well as the differences among students who are from mesoregion Paraiba swamp, those from the interior of Paraiba state, and other states of Brazil. The observed group was comprised by students aged between 14 and 23 years old, who seek opportunities of professional qualification in technical fields. The research methodology was carried out by utilizing both qualitative and quantitative procedures through cataloging of individual records, observation of everyday activities and interviews. In the qualitative analysis, the theories of Elias, Simmel, Bourdieu and Goffman have been utilized. Regarding conclusions, it has been asserted that young people can live together with new alternatives found within CAVN daily activities in a paradoxical way with reactions and acceptance of new conditions of interaction. The relation interactions established during a period of students' permanence in a school year occur in a context of institutional rules and their noncompliance within a context of conflicts of several sorts, such as individual and the whole group. These experiences are important to the development process of young citizens.