A Produção e a circulação dos livros didáticos destinados à alfabetização em escolas públicas de Dourados (1945-1964): efervescência ou continuidade?

Abstract

This report presents research activities carried out with the Postgraduate Program in Education of the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS), University Unit of Paranaíba, regarding the postdoctoral stage developed with the PNPD / CAPES scholarship, under the supervision of the Professor Dr. Estela Natalina Mantovani Bertoletti, between April 2017 and May 2018, whose objective was to analyze the circulation of boo klets and books for the teaching of reading and writing in primary schools in the region of the National Agricultural Colony of Dourados / MS (CAND), between 1945 and 1964, identifying the political, educational, pedagogical, social and cultural aspects that determined its circulation and the influence of these materials on the subjectivation of individuals and the society that was being constituted. In order to achieve these objectives, the following procedures were carried out: survey, location, retrieval, meeting and organization of primary documentary sources on reading and writing teaching in primary school in the CAND region; analysis of aspects of the textual configuration of these didactic materials, seeking to understand and explain the meaning of the choice and use of this material in the reading and writing teaching in primary school in the Agricultural Colony related to the historical context and analyzing the causes and consequences of these choices. Among the activities, several academic-scientific actions were carried out, such as: lectures, disciplines taught, production and publication of scientific articles, communication and publication of texts in the annals of events, among others. From the results obtained with the research, it is possibl e to conclude that the textbooks used in the primary school of the National Agricultural Colony of Dourados were influenced by the Federal Government and reflected their government policies. In addition, these books influenced the pedagogical practices aimed at giving unity to teaching and, going further, these didactic materials ended up influencing the constitution of a national identity for the region.