Youth and Participation: the student council as educational space

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the participation of young people in school life through the student council of a public high school at night, trying to understand the possible meanings and learning resulting from this type of participation for the students involved. The main methodological tools were the participant observation and the development of semi-structured interviews. The analysis of the data showed, among other things, that the guild is an important area of socialization for the young students,
with emphasis on learning of collective experience in dealing with
the conflicts and in the exercise of choices, among others.