O ensino de hábitos alimentares saudáveis no contexto brasileiro à luz de Carolina Maria de Jesus

Abstract

The approach to knowledge mobilized in the context of Science Teaching can be developed in different ways within the school context of the early years of elementary school. However, didactic importance is evident in methodologies that favor contextualization based on the material reality in which the subjects are inserted. Furthermore, it has been reported that the official Brazilian curriculum has ratified the maintenance of a Science Teaching whose mobilized knowledge is, almost entirely, produced by white, cisgender, heterosexual men and commonly originating from imperialist countries, notably European countries. Central and United States. In this sense, the need to bring to light didactic proposals that favor critical formation through Science Teaching that is based on academic, artistic or cultural productions produced by subjects whose bodies have historically been made invisible as intellectual powers is evident. Considering that the work “Quarto de Despejo: diario de uma favelada” written by Carolina Maria de Jesus, a black woman from the favela, constitutes rich narrative material about the eating practices of people who live in a context of food insecurity, he observes It is clear that this material can point to possibilities for discussing the contradictions between the need to enjoy a healthy diet and the limitations that objective conditions impose. On the one hand, the official Brazilian curriculum regulates the mandatory debate on healthy eating habits among students in the fifth year of Elementary School. On the other hand, it is observed that a significant portion of the Brazilian population lives in a situation of food insecurity. In this way, the following question emerged: What didactic possibilities flow from the approach of the work “Quarto de Despejo: diario de uma favelada” to mobilize the theme “healthy eating habits” in the context of the fifth year of Elementary School? From the analysis of the work, it was possible to point out a didactic proposal for this topic.