THE PEDAGOGY COURSE ON THE BRAZIL/BOLIVIA BORDER: THE SOCIAL EDUCATION IN QUESTION

Abstract

This article presents the study that is inserted in the field of teacher training of a Pedagogy course of a higher education institution (HEI) located in Corumbá, a twin city on the Brazil/Bolivia border, from which challenges and possibilities emerge, by focusing on Social Education in the formative path of academics, whether in school or non-school contexts. Based on a documentary-type study, we sought to map the discussion of social education in the training of pedagogues between the years 2008 and 2023. To this end, the main material of analysis was taken the curricular structures of the pedagogical projects of the Pedagogy course offered by the current Pantanal Campus, of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Starting from the conception of social education as principles of equality and improvement for communities, and looking at the border context of intense international migration, the emergence and consolidation of the discussion of social education in the pedagogical projects of this course is described. From the analysis undertaken, it is verified that, although the discussion about social education in the Pedagogy course has suffered a quantitative reduction in the period, it stabilizes and consolidates itself as an important training area for these professionals.