Um novo projeto societário e os desafios da EPT na Amazônia: entrevista com Gaudêncio Frigotto
Abstract
In this interview, given by email at the beginning of 2023, upon prior contact with Profa. Rita Vieira during the XII National Seminar on Work and Education, organized by the Research Group on Work and Education (GEPTE), held at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in November 2022, professor Gaudêncio Frigotto talks about the relevance of Education Professional and Technological (EPT) for the emergence and implementation of a project for a new society for Brazil. In addition to focusing on the meanings of themes that at that time were moving the public debate, based on his vast experience and theoretical and practical knowledge about education in the country, Gaudêncio Frigotto formulates ideas that expose the possibilities of an EPT from and for the Amazonian populations. Gaudêncio Frigotto has a doctorate in Education: History, Society and Politics. Full Professor in Political Economy of Education at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), currently Associate Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Public Policies and Human Training (PPF), at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Keywords: Professional and Technological Education; Amazon; Gaudêncio Frigotto.