Coexistence and conflict resolution: an experience with Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the Elementary School

This article presents a research project developed within the scope of the Scientific Initiation Program of the State University of Parana - UNESPAR. The investigation started from the assumption that the school is a place of coexistence and must play an active role in the ethical education of students, especially in the sense of educating for the resolution of conflicts. The objective of the research was to develop a PBL project with children of the 2nd elementary school year. We present the analysis of one of the activities carried out in the project with the objective of providing visibility for the need of valuing conflicts at school as learning moments. The results indicate that, by articulating curriculum with current student-related themes, PBL contributes to the reflection on the causes of daily conflicts and the learning of democratic ways to resolve conflicts.