USE OF ETHNODIDATIC MATERIALS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE
CONSOLIDATION OF INDIGENOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION
Indigenous School Education; Traditional peoples; Ethnoeducation;
Ethnodidactic materials
Indigenous peoples are the most expressive examples of traditional peoples who, through
processes of struggle and conquests, managed to align their rights with the
implementation of specific and differentiated Indigenous School Education. These
educational rights generated the possibility for indigenous people to appropriate the
school institution, attributing it a peculiar identity and function according to their cultural
reality. This research focused on contextualizing the process of Indigenous School
Education, its paths, challenges and perspectives. In this sense, this research aims to
investigate the challenges for the consolidation of indigenous school education from the
perspectives of educators at the Duraka Kapuamu Municipal Indigenous School -
Camanaus Island Community - São Gabriel da Cachoeira - AM. The methodological
perspective occurred through participant observation in the indigenous territory. In this
study, we investigated through interviews the speeches of the indigenous teachers of the
Community, about the inclusion of traditional knowledge in the differentiated and specific
school process of the Duraka Kapuamu Indigenous School. It was intended, in addition to
other objectives that guided this research, to have as a product, materials that will help
educators, for a more effective Indigenous School Education. These didactic resources
were elaborated in a participatory way, resulting in bilingual booklets (Portuguese and
Nheengatú), through the exchange of knowledge that will enable and help the adaptation
and consequently the teaching and learning of indigenous students in the first years at the
School