Policies for Basic Education in Amazon Territories:

issues for (Re)thinking Educational Policies

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/jpe.v19i1.102237

Keywords:

Educational Policy, Basic Education, Amazons, Territories, Diversity

Abstract

The dossier addresses Policies for Basic Education in the territories of the Amazon. It brings together eight studies on educational policies in the uniqueness of the geographical, ethnic, and cultural territorialities that make up the Amazon, characterized as educational territories marked by diversity, multiple challenges, and specificities in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of these policies, highlighting the tensions between the universality and specificity of the right to education in Brazil. Thus, the topics covered are primarily marked by diversity, both in their content and in their epistemological and methodological dimensions, to analyze the conditions for providing basic education, its funding and management, social oversight, teacher training and remuneration, and knowledge production. The texts adopt multiple epistemological and methodological perspectives, combining qualitative, quantitative, and mixed (quanti-qualitative) approaches. They also employ various types of research, including bibliographic, documentary, statistical, and ethnographic studies. There is a diversity of data that highlights the unique characteristics of education provision in the Brazilian Amazon and provides references for the formulation and implementation of policies that enable the guarantee of the right to education under conditions of equity and quality, with respect for differences. In summary, the studies consider that Amazonian territories are still marked by the denial of rights, which exacerbates inequalities, and that resistance involves strengthening the territories and advocating for differentiated policies.

Author Biographies

Rosana Maria Gemaque Rolim, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutora em Educação. Professora da Universidade Federal do Pará. Pós-Doutorado em Educação. Belém, Pará. Brasil. Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-0172. E-mail: rgemaque@uol.com.br

Cacilda Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Doutora em Educação. Professora da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Pós-Doutorado em Educação. São Luís, Maranhão. Brasil. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7222-8061. E-mail: cacilda.rc@ufma.br

André Rodrigues Guimarães, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Doutor em Educação. Professor da Universidade Federal do Amapá. Pós-Doutorado em Educação. Macapá, Amapá. Brasil. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-0771. E-mail: andre@unifap.br.

References

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MALHEIRO, Bruno; PORTO-GONÇALVES, Carlos Walter; MICHELOTTI, Fernando. Horizontes amazônicos: para repensar o Brasil e o mundo. 1. ed. São Paulo: Fundação Rosa Luxemburgo; Expressão Popular, 2021. 302 p. (Coleção Emergências). ISBN 978-65-990745-0-9.

MARQUES, Gilberto de Souza. Amazônia: riqueza, degradação e saque. São Paulo: Expressão Popular, 2019. 296 p. ISBN 978-85-7743-349-0.

SANTOS, Milton. Metamorfoses do espaço habitado - fundamentos teóricos e metodológicos da geografia. 6. ed. São Paulo: EdUSP, 2014. 136 p. (Coleção Milton Santos). ISBN 978-85-314-1044-4.

Published

2025-12-01

How to Cite

Rolim, R. M. G., Cavalcanti, C. R., & Guimarães, A. R. (2025). Policies for Basic Education in Amazon Territories:: issues for (Re)thinking Educational Policies. Jornal De Políticas Educacionais, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/jpe.v19i1.102237

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Políticas para a educação básica em territórios das Amazônias