Uma história do Grupo Escolar Farroupilha : sujeitos e práticas escolares (Farroupilha/RS, 1927-1949)

Abstract

This thesis sought to research the educational background process of Farroupilha’s School Group, institution initially located in the district of Nova Vicenza (Caxias), later the city of Farroupilha/RS. The study was in 1927, when they are brought together two isolated state schools that existed in the district to form the Nova Vicenza’s Rural School Group, later called Farroupilha’s School Group, by the year of 1949, considering the range of school records found in Farroupilha’s State College Archive, old school group, about this period of time. To accomplish this narrative the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Cultural History guided the analysis, especially with the contributions of the historians Le Goff (1996), Ginzburg (2001, 2007), Chartier (1994, 2002, 2009), Burke (2008) and Pesavento (2008a, 2008b). The methodology consisted in the documental analysis of photographs and written documents such as enrollment books, pedagogical meetings books, civic celebrations books, books containing the history teacher, daily school book, among other sources located in the archive of Farroupilha’s State College (Farroupilha/RS). Moreover, it was consulted newspapers, reports, regulations and decrees in other archives, as well as oral statements made by other researchers. The produced study was divided into five chapters, beginning with the initial considerations, where it was specified the path build and the choices made during the research process. The second chapter aimed to understand the historical process of creation and implementation of Farroupilha’s School Group in Nova Vicenza’s context, then, the city of Farroupilha/RS, being possible to realize the experienced changes by this school in its early years of existence, as well as the production of a new school culture from the new building opened with the adoption of differentiated spaces, counting on the presence of other subjects, just like producing new school practices. The third and fourth chapter had premised attend to some constituent elements of the school culture of this institution, so in addition to weave a narrative about the school subjects, favoring students, teachers and directors, special attention was intended to the school practices produced in this space, throughout the 40s of the twentieth century, such as school festivities and the developed activities by the Agricultural School Club. Thus, it was found that through the action of "celebrate" this primary school "assumed" the role of internalizing patriotism, avoid forgetting the achievements of national and state history, as well as their heroes and symbols, in addition encouraging love and respect to the Mother Country, extolling the care and appreciation of the natural wealth for the country's progress, as well as emphasizing a prominently Brazilian culture at the expense of existing ethnic cultures. The result also point to the relevance that the Agricultural Club assumed in daily life of this school, since after a long period the rural education goes back again to be part of its educational background process, developing a social and educational work, approaching the knowledge of the school institution with the municipal context. In order to complete, it was introduced the final considerations which highlight the contribution of this narrative to the existing research in the field of history of school institutions at local, regional and national level, especially as regards the specific study of school groups.