AN INVITATION TO AN EXTENSION PROJECT ON THE ISLANDS: BETWEEN REALITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF A TEACHING PRACTICE PROPOSAL FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATES - DOI: 10.5212/Rev.Conexao.v.12.i2.0004

Abstract

This paper reports on the work developed in 2014 and aims at drawing the attention of institutions/projects to an area which is many times neglected due to its insular location. The article highlights a proposition that has come about through the development of a project of introduction to teaching for Social Sciences students who study at the Federal Institute of Paraná. The purpose of this project is to develop extension practices on islands of the coast of Paraná/Brazil, which involve university-school-community in a process of knowledge construction and action within the schools. The methodology is based on qualitative analysis to study the reality and challenges to the development of an extension practice regarding the project developed (objective reality) and its limits and possibilities (in our experience). These challenges comprise the implementation of different forms of education, such as rural education and the difficulty of creating a model of education based on the peaceful coexistence of communities (Acosta, 2012), which at the same time can give a new meaning to science from what is meant by ‘public science’ (Floriani, 2015). Finally, as a result of our action, we hope to contribute to the debate on the importance of educational projects related to the realities that schools are inserted and thus encourage the proliferation of extension projects, with this view in the space analyzed.