Experiences, affections, and challenges of rural educators in Mozambique: comprehensive analysis of everyday pedagogical practices in the territory of Nampula
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-0003.156130Keywords:
Rural education, Rural educators, Comprehensive interviews, Nampula, MozambiqueAbstract
This article aims to understand the lived experiences of rural educators in the Mozambican context, with a specific focus on the province of Nampula, based on their everyday pedagogical practices. It adopts a qualitative approach, using comprehensive interviews as the main methodological procedure, seeking to give voice to educators and to apprehend the meanings, affections, challenges, and strategies constructed in the exercise of teaching in territories marked by social inequalities, infrastructural limitations, and cultural specificities. The analysis shows that educational practices in rural settings go beyond the formal classroom space, being deeply intertwined with the territory, the community, and local living conditions. The results reveal that, despite adversities, the educators develop pedagogical practices sustained by affective bonds, social commitment, and forms of everyday resistance, reaffirming the central role of rural education in the construction of identities, the valorization of local knowledge, and the promotion of social justice. It is concluded that listening to rural educators is essential for strengthening educational public policies that are sensitive to territorial contexts and to the realities experienced in rural Mozambique.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Francelina Jaime Walaque, Alzira Jotó Maembo

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Accepted 2026-09-07
Published 2026-10-06

