History of the teaching profession in the memories of standard teachers of the alto Sertão Paraíbano between the decades of 1970 to 1980

Abstract

The history of Brazilian education has been the subject of research to analyze problems and perspectives that affect the analysis of problems and perspectives linked to the structuring and consolidation of the Brazilian educational system. Under this prism, the present work has as general objective, to understand the development of the teaching profession through stories and memories of normalist teachers, who acted, in the teaching in the Primary Education, in schools of the Sertão Paraibano (1970 and 1980). The research assumes the theoretical foundations on History, Memory, History of Brazilian Education and methodological procedures of qualitative research, with attention to data collection approaches through the history of oral expression, added by documentary research. The study will contribute to the characterization, discussion of the conceptions of Education and Society and their relationship on the constitution of the teaching identity, based on listening, writing and analysis of thematic oral histories of the collaborating teachers.