O Projeto Logos II e a formação de professores leigos no município de Naviraí-MS (1981 a 1993)

Abstract

This work falls under the research line History of Education, Memory, and Society of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Grande Dourados and relates to studies on the history of teacher education, focusing on the Logos II Project as the object of investigation. The general objective is to analyze the implementation and functioning process of the Logos II Project in Naviraí, between 1981 and 1993, within the context of Brazilian educational policies and those of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as its contribution to teacher training in the mentioned municipality and region. The specific objectives are: to characterize educational policies aimed at the training of lay teachers in Brazil, which influenced the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul; to understand the diverse aspects and particularities of the creation and functioning process of the Logos II Project in Naviraí, as well as the political forces and actors involved in this process; to analyze aspects of the curricular organization of the Logos II Project in Naviraí, focusing on the curriculum structure and some disciplines and modules, as well as the appropriations made by student-teachers, mentors, and supervisors in their practices; and to investigate the contributions of the Logos II Project in Naviraí to teacher training in the municipality and region. Two main arguments justify the temporal delimitation: 1981 marks the period of implementation of the Logos II Project in the municipality of Naviraí, stemming from a second stage of expansion of this project in the state, resulting from a broader expansion of the Federal Government's project to other federative units starting in the 1980s. The year 1993 corresponds to the final period of the Logos II Project in Naviraí. The research is grounded in the New Cultural History, in dialogue with authors like Chartier (1990), especially with his concept of appropriation, and draws close to Certeau (1998), particularly with the use of his concept of tactics. Additionally, it relies on a theoretical-methodological perspective derived from the propositions of Goodson (1997; 2001) and Moreira and Silva (2001) on curriculum. It is a historical research employing bibliographic and documentary research methods, along with interviews as data collection instruments. The sources used include official documents, guidance documents related to the Logos II Project, project modules, newspapers, and oral sources. The analyses indicate that, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the implementation of the Logos II Project occurred during a process of expansion of this Federal Government project aimed at training lay teachers in Brazilian states, happening in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the context of southern Mato Grosso do Sul, Naviraí was one of the municipalities with a significant number of unqualified teachers acting as lay teachers in the early grades of elementary education, mainly in the municipal rural schools and literacy programs. The Logos II Project in Naviraí contributed to the training of these unqualified teachers, improving their living and professional conditions, as some of them were able to pass public service exams even after the course ended.