Escola Normal na Parahyba do Norte : movimento e constituição da formação de professores no século XIX

Abstract

The primary enlightenment that brought about the modern era incited numerous debates, ideas and initiatives, and led to the official application of scholastic models for educator certification in Parahyba do Norte in the beginning of the 19th century. The objective of this thesis is to analyze the processes of educators learning that were current, at times effected by the directors from Paraiba´s public instruction and more particularly in the time of the Escola Normal in Paraiba, from 1837 to 1899. it will encompass a historical investigation focused on the influence of Eric Hobsbawm regarding society's understanding of past, Edward Thompson's prolific inquiries into the experience logic historical, Antonio Gramsci's analysis of antagonistic forces that dynamically affect historical contexts, and Ivor Goodson's writings related to outdated social and historical discussed here more in terms of prescriptions.constructs. An early moment in the investigation re-established both the genesis of the Escola Normal and the trajectories of its contemporaries in Brazilian history. This confirmed the necessity and importance of the introduction of the Escola Normal, with its ambition to teach educators to solve the problems inherent in primary education, along with perspective to universalize and modernize this philosophy. A later point the pinnacle of the investigation is concerned with the reorganization of the Escola Normal and of the process of teacher certification in Parahyba do Norte, captured in written reports and messages,produced by public speeches, legislation, journalism, and most importantly in education curricula that reveal closer from the training profile who should receive the normalists.Study of this documentation revealed connective similarities on a local, national, and international level. Throughout the 19th century, the growth and establishment of the Escola Normal of Parahyba continued in its enlightened ideals, was further united by questioning the status quo of primary education and was articulated through the interests of local political groups. Its sights were on academic professionalism with parameters befitting modern qualities of character, priority in this sense, an humanistic aspect´s formation of general culture, broad culture, however, scientific as well inquiry.Through its investigative peculiarities and achieved results, this study contributed greatly to the academic history of the Escola Normal, as well as the history of diverse other academic institutions.