Abstract:
The central theme of this thesis is the teaching-learning process and the networks of
relationships that are woven within the Rede Sinodal de Educação school network. A number
of threads make up this web of relationships and insights. Knowledge is the main one, the
thread that lends consistency to the others and permeates, in one way or another, all pedagogic
actions. Along with it comes the thread of dialogue, which in turn is made up of many other
important strands: respect, responsibility, commitment, search, acceptance and love. The
dialogue thread is held in someone's hands; through this person it reaches others, fostering
communion and sharing among people and groups. Within education we perceive a number of
threads involved in weaving the web of insights. Many people are responsible for the
weaving, which explains the beauty of its pattern, but at times also turns it into an
unmanageable tangle of threads. Nevertheless, when the goal is clear: an education that lends
meaning to lives, based on knowledge that liberates and brings about change, any knot [in
Portuguese: nó] can be undone and transformed in learning through the action taken by "us"
[in Portuguese: nós], the people involved. This paper aims at making that reflective thread
much more present in everyday school life. The research was carried out with teachers from
the network of schools in Brazil called the Rede Sinodal de Educação. As these teachers live
within this net and weave it on a daily basis, the option was made to use the metaphor of the
net and the web [in Portuguese, 'rede' stands for both words] and tie in a few other related
words with a figurative meaning. Within this web of insights, woven in the network of
relationships, many threads of experience, wisdom, learning and teaching are found: there is
life pulsing in it, which can serve as inspiration and reflection for the moment that Brazilian
education is currently going through. Individuality, love, knowledge and dialogue may be the
inspiring threads for a more humane, just and solidary education.
