Educação social e políticas públicas de juventude: experiências socioeducativas no Brasil e em Portugal

Abstract

From the binomial education and youth, this article approaches the socio-educational experiences had by young adults on social projects linked to social policies from Brazil and Portugal governments. The study is part of a research developed by the Education Postgraduate Program at Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia), with an internship held at University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa). This article aims to analyze the youth’s perception of social education. Based on Youth Sociology, the paper states a qualitative business case, accomplished according to methodological procedure denominated sociological patterns. It’s discursive text based on two young Portuguese speakers’ statements, one being from Salvador, Brazil, and one from Lisbon, Portugal. The content analysis shows both young Portuguese speakers engaging to each other and establishing strong friendship relations in social projects, while critiquing conventional education. They comprehend community and neighborhood as places of belonging and youth cultural creation, and have the optimistic hope where a university degree has a place of honor.