Experiências de vida e formação do educador popular Alemberg Quindins da Fundação Casa Grande – Memorial do Homem Kariri

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the extent of forming Alemberg Quindins popular educator, the founder of the Casa Grande-Memorial Human Kariri. Data were collected by the technique of narrative interviews (Jovchelovitch & Bauer, 2002) and their analysis was performed using the method (Auto) biography. Had as main references the works of Paulo Freire (1986, 1987, 1992) and Marie-Christine Josso (2002, 2004). Rest also on Maturana and Varela, Edgar Morin and Maria Cândida Moraes who have greatly contributed to rise of a new paradigm emerging in education. Aimed to find answers to: What experiential learning were more significant in the lives of Alemberg Quindins? What made it what it is? And looking at his career and his encounters throughout life, are the following aspects that have contributed to its formation: the strong influence of the father figure, the dissatisfaction with the process of school education, contact and identification with local culture, the exploitation of simple people of the region and its popular knowledge, popular piety, the interaction with children and young people, sharing dreams, the family who built and learning in school life.