A formação dos professores primários paraibanos na Revista do Ensino da Paraíba (1937 a 1942)

Abstract

The dissertation entitled “THE TRAINING OF PRIMARY TEACHERS IN PARAÍBA IN THE REVISTA DO ENSINO DA PARAÍBA (1937 TO 1942)” is part of the field of History of Brazilian Education, with an emphasis on teacher training, having as a source of data and information the pedagogical press materialized in the Revistas do Ensino da Paraíba (REPB), with its general objective: To analyze the possible influence of the guiding ideology of the Estado Novo in the training provided, by REPB, to primary teachers in Paraíba, in the copies published during the period 1937 to 1942. To carry out the investigation, we worked with the time frame of circulation of REPB between the years 1937 to 1942, which concerns the period of great political, social and educational changes, known as Estado Novo (1937-1945). The theoretical-methodological procedure used was qualitative documentary research, using as research source the four most recent published copies of the Revista do Ensino da Paraíba, the official periodical of the State of Paraíba that disseminated knowledge about primary education, teacher training, in addition to the political, social and educational ideology of the Estado Novo movement, as it disseminated proposals for the renewal of Paraíba education based on nationalism, civic spirit, discipline, order and patriotism. For the analyses, we used the following researchers as reference: Bacellar (2010), Barros (2009), Bastos (2002), Biccas (2008), Catani (1996), Dias (2007; 2013), Faria Filho (2004), Fernandes (2008), Júnior (2021), Luca (2010), Lucena (2016), Rodrigues; Lima; Silva (2019), Sousa (2019) who, among others, have highlighted the potential and relevance of the pedagogical press, through magazines and periodicals, for the identification, construction and dissemination of specialized discourses on education aimed at disseminating ideologies, theories and methodologies directed at education as a whole and, more specifically, at teacher training. Based on the analyses conducted in this study, we conclude that the REPB's political and ideological orientation shifted toward becoming a pedagogical standardization tool, serving as the primary instrument for rapid and urgent information and training for primary school teachers in Paraíba at the time. As the official journal of the state of Paraíba, the Revista do Ensino disseminated and legitimized knowledge about teacher education, in addition to the ideologies, theories, and methodologies of the Estado Novo movement. It attempted to establish a "new" pedagogical ideology through Paraíba's educational publications, thereby achieving the government's political and social objectives through education.