ABSTRACT
This study is based on the conception of school as a place of education where apprentices establish a relation to educators and as privileged setting to work issues relevant to social life, such as drug use, since the beginning of schooling. The goal was to raise conceptions of elementary school teachers who participated in the fifth edition of the course for drug abuse prevention for public school educators, on the content covered and on their daily teaching practice. We sought to bethink the importance of creating educational ways guided by the embracement of children’s experiences. Interviews were conducted with twenty-one teachers from the Federal District who previously participated in the course. The analysis allowed thinking over everyday educational practices and the necessity of listening to children’s discourses about drugs. The teachers were able to realize that there is openness for addressing these issues and demanded theoretical and practical education as a tool to assist on their pedagogical work.
KEYWORDS:
school; teacher education; drugs; childhood