The modular education system in rural schools in Tomé-Açu, Pará, Brazil: a participative research

This article presents the results of a qualitative study developed in 2019. The aim was to know and discuss obstacles and possibilities to promote adequate education to fulfill the needs of middle-school students. We conducted the research in four schools of Field Education in the Tomé-Açu, in the state of Pará, which use the Modular Organizational System, Alternance Pedagogy, and interdisciplinary projects. The research is grounded on the dialectic method, seeking to discuss and reflect the educational reality in a rural context. Thus, we were guided by official national and municipal documents. The study has shown the contextualization of the curriculum with students’ experiences, emphasizing the problems and strategies developed to guarantee the offer of a more useful, viable, possible, and contextualized school education.