SUMMARY

This experience report is the result of an internship in the Early Years of Elementary Education, developed in the Pedagogy Program at the State University of Bahia (UNEB – Campus), from April to July 2022, totaling 180 hours. The internship was divided into meetings for theoretical discussion, text studies, and pedagogical practice, in addition to observation and teaching. The objective of this report is to reflect on the challenges of teaching, seeking to incorporate liberating pedagogical practices into the early years of elementary education in a rural school. Using a qualitative approach, the questions reflected here are supported by the observation records that preceded the teaching—Diagnosis of Community and School Reality (DRCE), the weekly logbook that recorded the main learnings and challenges of teaching, and the final internship report. The report concludes by highlighting that even minimal classroom actions during the short internship period have a significant impact and significance on the school and personal lives of those who experience these practices. These experiences are crucial for fully understanding the challenges posed by teaching practice, especially when confronting the authoritarian forms of teaching that are deeply rooted in schools .