Social Work in the politics of Education

highlighting the rationale of education

Abstract

This article aims to present results found in a master's research, whose theme was "The work of the social worker in the Student Aid Program of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraná (in portuguese, IFPR)". We will present the results of one of the axes analyzed, which addresses the rationale of education that guides professional work and the specificity of Social Work in Education Policy. The methodology used was bibliographic research and field research conducted with six social workers who act at IFPR campi. We organize the article in two topics, in the first we make brief considerations about the ontological relationship between labor and education and in the second topic we present the results of the research on the rationale of education and the particularity of Social Work in Education Policy. The reflections presented indicate a rationale of education aligned with the Ethical-political project of Social Work, whose horizon is human emancipation and the particularity of Social Work in Education Policy is expressed mainly in the feasibility of actions that can contribute to the access and permanence of students guaranteeing the social right to education.