RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS IN PERNAMBUCO

FROM EXPERIENCES TO ACHIEVEMENTS

Abstract

The study aims to understand the struggles and resistances embedded in indigenous territories in Pernambuco, inserted in their religious traditions, contrary to the colonial heritage and the experiences and achievements of a pedagogical nature in indigenous schools, involved in the promotion of specific, differentiated and intercultural education, in their interfaces with Religious Education. Currently, in Pernambuco, the indigenous peoples of Atikum, Entre Serras Pankararu, Fulni-ô, Kambiwá, Kapinawá, Pankarará, Pankararu, Parankarau Opará, Pankaiwka, Pipipã de Kambixuru, Pipipã Terra and Água, Tuxí, Tuxá, Truká, Xukuru de Cimbres and Xukuru do Ororubá. The approach presented was directed to the study of the curricular component of Religious Education in indigenous schools, in the light of the Official Curriculum, articulated with the Thematic Axes of Indigenous School Education of Pernambuco, considering the differentiated and specific teaching, which underlie the thematic axes and base the construction of methodologies based on the perspective of interculturality. Finally, the relevance of indigenous religious tradition and spirituality within the school space will be analyzed, appreciated as emic categories, in contexts of identity strengthening, articulated with the societal projects of each people.