The monitor of the Program More Education: towards a conceptual definition

Abstract

This paper discusses the literature on educators who are dedicated to non-school educational practices, specifically monitors that operate in the More Education Program. We seeked to understand the 'monitor' as a 'social educator' inserted in the non-formal educational practices promoted by the implementation of the More Education Program as well as the terminology used in the documents, the job market, the activities developed and the training of these professionals. Based on the litterature, the programme official documents and data analysis of the Jataí-Goiás-Brazil monitors survey, it became clear that the monitors can be understood as social educators who still face uncertainties and tensions as they try to build their identity as a professional group.

Keywords:
More Education Program; monitor; social educator