A ESCOLA DA PONTE E A QUEBRA DO PARADIGMA EDUCACIONAL TRADICIONAL

Abstract

The main objective of this monograph is to understand, by bibliographic research, the paradigm in witch Escola da Ponte is inserted, as well its principles, institutional objectives and way of work. The study is justified in the importance of looking for new ways of educate, whereas the contemporary world is in a constant process of transformation. The innovative work started in Escola da Ponte, in Santo Tirso, Portugal, has been an inspiration for many projects in Brazil and all over the world. It is because it demonstrated, by the application of a differentiated model of education, a way of brake the traditional educational paradigm. The results of this research point that Escola da Ponte stands out by forming the perfect citizens to live in this society, marked by the emergent paradigm. Through the application of several devices, idealized over many years, Ponte enables the experience of democracy, criticality, social relations, expression, autonomy, among many other things that, in the traditional school, because of the followed model itself, can be in lack.