Filosofia educacional contemporânea do policial civil do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul: crítica da disciplina e dos aspectos ideológicos.

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the contemporary educational philosophy found at the Civil Police in Rio Grande do Sul state. The main research question refers to the possibility of criticizing ideological aspects of the state civil police officer s educational philosophy - since she is the society s disciplinary agent in order to propose an educational philosophy based on the social historical process and its proposals for the performance of his tasks. The starting point is my own practice entwined with the theoretical considerations of the interpretative model I used in this study. Thus, by understanding praxis as both theory and practice, I have presented my experience and the dialectical method. After the theoretical-practical principles are launched, I present the main elements that comprise the history of the Civil Police. Then, I determine the concepts of civil police and civil police officer. I also present a systematic study on the main theoretical categories found in this research: Power, Authority, Social Control, Discipline and Ideology. Eventually, I discuss the contemporary philosophical conception of the state civil police officer s education, based on the data previously collected. The aim is to understand the role of the Civil Police Academy, the civil police officer s discipline, and the image she gives to the society. To sum up, the general results confirm the hypothesis that nowadays the civil police officers in Rio Grande do Sul state are taught an Educational Philosophy that disciplines the society they belong to. Besides, some unexpected conclusions were arrived at, such as the existence of a hidden educational philosophy and the civil police officer s alienation.