Education in the milestone of transformations in the contemporary rural context

Humanity is experiencing a period of transition of paradigms regarding the rural-urban space relations. The Brazilian case is no different. The agrarian paradigm that underlay the main theories and policies destined to rural areas in the last century is gradually giving way to a new vision in which the export of primary goods to urban areas is now only one, among the various functions performed by those spaces. This historical movement must be accompanied by an update of the profile of public policies, in general, and of the educational policies in particular, adjusted to the new context. The article presents the main trends under way in this transition of paradigms and some of their consequences for a new generation of policies.

Rural development; Agrarian paradigm; New rurality; Rural education