THE CLASSROOM: A SPACE FOR THE EXERCISE OF CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN THE ANGOLAN CONTEXT

Abstract

The study aimed to demonstrate the classroom as a space for the exercise of citizenship and democracy in the Angolan context. The study is of a qualitative-descriptive nature, since it sought to describe the aspects related to pedagogical coexistence in the classroom. A bibliographic study was carried out with theoretical approaches that deal in a meaningful and comprehensive way with the significance of the classroom as a space conducive to the construction and reconstruction of a democratic society. Furthermore, a documentary analysis of the Basic Law of the Education and Teaching System of Angola and the report, “Reimagining our futures together, a new social contract for education” (2022) was carried out and classes in 5th and 6th grade classes were observed. The research was fundamentally based on the studies of Paulo Freire (1967, 1996), José Libâneo (1984, 2006), Edgar Morin (2003), Celso Antunes (2013), Regis de Morais (2020), Cazalma (2014) and Professor Moma Tchipesse (2022). As a result of classroom observation, analysis and synthesis of the authors' writings and referenced documents, the study shows us that Angolan educational policies, through teachers, can resignify the concepts of school, teacher, students and classroom so that the school can be the starting point in the exercise of citizenship and democracy in Angola.