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The meaning attributed by tutors to experiences involving human rights in the academic environment / Significados atribuídos pelos docentes às vivências envolvendo direitos humanos no ambiente acadêmico

Oliveira, Jamilly Nazário Souza de; Fernandes, Alicia Pereira Banja; Lima, Hugo Vinícius Carvalho de Abreu e; Falbo, Ana Rodrigues; Caminha, Maria de Fátima Costa.
Rev. bras. educ. méd ; 46(1): e055, 2022. graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS-Express | ID: biblio-1365608
Abstract

Introduction:

Human Rights are inherent to the human condition, considering all aspects of life the right to life, to an education, to freedom, to religion, to security and to work. Given that, it is important to nurture a Human Rights culture in educational institutions, aiming at improving inter-personal dynamics and the educational environment. The tutors' development, in this aspect, becomes fundamental.

Objective:

To understand the meanings attributed by tutors to their experiences involving Human Rights situations in the academic environment as the first step to implement teacher development in this area.

Methods:

qualitative study involving tutors from a college located in northeastern Brazil, which employs the Problem-Based Learning methodology, between December of 2019 and September of 2020. The collection was performed through focal groups with intentional selection. The script for the discussion was based in the National Plan for Human Rights Education, The Human Rights Education Manual, The Universal Human Rights Declaration and articles related to the discussion topic. Bardin content analysis was used. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee under CAAE number 22696919.3.0000.5569.

Results:

The studied analytic categories were gender and sexuality, communication and freedom of speech, social minorities and student self-esteem and stigmatization. During the process of reinterpreting the collected content, the following empirical subcategories were identified ableism, fatphobia, psychophobia and interpersonal conflicts. The tutors revealed having experienced conflicts involving Human Rights, as follows gender oppression; homophobia by students and teachers; lack of racial representativeness among the college student population; fatphobia in the academic environment; decrease in student's performance due to mental health issues. The participant tutors also expressed insecurity when it came to intervening and giving feedback in such situations, as well as some lack of knowledge about Human Rights.

Conclusion:

The tutors reported episodes that demonstrated Human Rights violation practices in the academic environment and showed to be insecure about intervening in such situations, especially when these situations led to conflict between the students.
Biblioteca responsable: BR1.1