“Todos estudaram nela e aprenderam muitas coisas(...)": História e representações da Escola Profª. Vicência Malcher. (Agrovila de Cruzador, Marapanim-Pa, 1974-2004).

Abstract

The theme of this research consisted in learning one of the aspects of the story of the “Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Profª. Vicência Malcher”, located in the municipality of Marapanim in the state of Pará, during the period of 1974 to 2004. Therefore, the proposed question focused on the search for the representations constructed by students and teachers about this educational institution. The general objective was to comprehend what meanings these subjects attribute to the school in their lives and the specific objectives were: understand the operation of the school as it pertains to operating hours, grades offered and total amount of students; learn the characteristics of the teachers, such as:age and how they obtained jobs at the school and education degree; learn the social origins and age of the students. To achieve these goals, were used as a source: oral history (interviews with four former students and four teachers) and printed school documents. The previous categories of analysis were as follows: school culture (space and time), empirical culture, representations and practices. The results we arrived at allowed us to glimpse the important role attributed to this school by his former students and teachers.For these, the school represented a place of opportunities and achievements, and for those it was a formative and sociability space.