A formação da consciência política: juventude, educação e engajamento estudantil

Abstract

This research approaches the relationship between youths, education, and political formation, with an emphasis on the processes of political consciousness construction within Brazilian educational spaces. It is based on the understanding that the school experience constitutes a central dimension in youth trajectories, potentially favoring or limiting practices of collective engagement. The study aims to understand how academic productions published between 2021 and 2025 explain the processes of political formation and consciousness among youths in the national context. It adopts a Systematic Literature Review as its methodology, analyzing scientific articles in Portuguese available in the CAPES Journal Catalog, selected according to previously defined eligibility criteria. The results indicate that youth political formation is conceived as a relational and situated process, built through the articulation between school, university, student movements, and collective experiences. It is evident that the concepts of youth and politics are mobilized in a plural way, Surpassing approaches restricted to age-based or institutional dimensions. In conclusion, youth political engagement depends on pedagogical, institutional, and subjective mediations that recognize youths as active subjects in schooling processes, reaffirming the school as a strategic space for contestation, participation, and citizenship education.