Paulo Freire in the IFMG degrees

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the presence or absence of Paulo Freire in the degree courses offered at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG). To fulfill the objective of the research, the methodological path was initially based on the analysis of the Pedagogical Projects of the Courses (PPC's), where content analysis was used to structure the document analysis phases. Subsequently, a questionnaire was sent with possible graduates of the IFMG Licentiate courses, as a data collection instrument for this project. After analyzing the PPC's, Freire's presence was verified both explicitly and implicitly, where the largest number of appearances was through quotes that refer to the educator's ideas, but without mentioning him. In the questionnaire, it is noted that the undergraduates know Paulo Freire, and those who do not know him according to his pedagogy. Some isolated cases of criticism of the educator were noticed, but the vast majority recognize Freire's importance for education. It was found by the results achieved, that adherence to Paulo Freire by most of the undergraduates is satisfactory, but that it should be further explored, concluding that the undergraduate courses of the institution investigated use Freirean pedagogy in a shallow way.