Ensino domiciliar: reflexões a partir de uma experiência docente

Abstract

The phenomenon called home education, already regulated and practiced in several countries around the world, has acquired many followers in Brazil. It became a relevant topic of social and educational interest, being the object of academic and scientific studies and research. Seeking to contribute in this scientific field, I chose the theme of home education in my final paper and, as an object of study, focus on the theme from the perspective of a teacher who taught to children and grandchildren of a family that chose for this type of education in the 1980s. The research was developed in order to find answers to the questions “what reasons did a family have for not enrolling their children in school or for taking them out in order to educate them at home?” and “how did the daily educational process occur with the investigated family?”. In order to arrive at the desired answers, a qualitative approach based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Oral History added to the content of the theoretical texts resulting from the bibliographic research, proved to be a fruitful path: it brought up reflections on the motivations that lead parents to opting for home education and about the aspects of daily development of education in this modality.