Espaço não-formal da educação: o associativismo na comunidade de Lagoa Suja - Feira de Santana - BA

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze from the Mandatory Curricular Stage III the associativism in the development of the activities of the Association of Small Family Farmers of Lagoa Suja e Adjacências (AAFCOOLAS), located in the District of Maria Quitéria, in Feira de Santana - BA, in the Territory of Identity Portal do Sertão. In this perspective, it aimed to analyze the contributions of associativism as a non-formal space for Rural Education, based on the reality of family farmers in (AAFCOOLAS) in the municipality of Feira de Santana. For the development of this work, the qualitative approach and the techniques of participatory research were used, followed by the instruments: documentary research, through the Supervised Curricular Internship Report III; bibliographic research based on the references used in the Degree in Rural Education, with the categories Rural Education from the non-formal space, associativism and agroecology. The development of the internship at AAFCOOLAS made it possible to understand how the associative process contributes to facing the problems of the community and making it possible to carry out non-formal education aimed at the development of the community benefiting everyone, in addition to contributing to the socio-political training of students in the community. Rural education.