INDIGENOUS LICENTIATE: PATHS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COURSE IN RONDÔNIA

Abstract

The state of Rondônia is made up of a rich cultural diversity, and among its multifacets, the strong presence of indigenous peoples stands out. Due to the interethnic relations of coexistence, increasingly necessary in the globalized world, indigenous teacher training has come to be recognized as a necessity in this modality of education, previously planned and taught by non-indigenous teachers, constituting a relevant agenda within indigenous communities and organizations. In this article we propose to analyze how the process of implementation of the Basic Teaching Degree Course in Intercultural Education (LEBI) took place, the first Higher Education course for the training of indigenous teachers, implemented at the Federal University of Rondônia - UNIR, Ji-Paraná campus, aimed at meeting the demand of Rondônia and the Northwest of the state of Mato Grosso. For the methodological foundation, a qualitative bias was used, based on bibliographic and documentary research with a focus on data collection and analysis. The results of this research show that the implementation of the LEBI Course in Rondônia is due to the active mobilization of indigenous organizations, for years, with the university, provoking the practice of interculturality in that space, in addition to constituting an effective strategy of indigenous societies in strengthening intercultural dialogue.