De CEI UFGD a CEI Maria Alice Silvestre (2008-2018): entrelaçando movimentos, histórias e memórias

Abstract

This research, titled “From CEI UFGD to CEI Maria Alice Silvestre (2008–2018): Interweaving Movements, Histories, and Memories,” is linked to the “History of Education, Memory, and Society” research line of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (PPGEdu/UFGD) and was conducted at the Faculty of Education (FAED) within the Education and Civilizing Process Research Group (GPEPC). Connected to the supervisor’s broader research project—entitled “Life and Professional Development: Narratives of Early Childhood Education Teachers in Mato Grosso do Sul”—this study’s general objective was to narrate the history of the founding and implementation of the CEI UFGD (Early Childhood Education Center) and its subsequent transition into the CEI Maria Alice Silvestre between 2008 and 2018. Its specific objectives were defined as follows: to analyze the “movements” that led to the founding/creation of the CEI within the UFGD campus, identifying the initiators, motivations, and relevant university and municipal policies; to understand the “histories” surrounding the choice of site for the CEI UFGD’s construction, the paths taken, and the complex circumstances involved in its implementation; and to interweave the “memories” of those involved—accessed through the collection of narratives—grounded in the theoretical-methodological framework of narrative and (auto)biographical approaches. Methodologically, the study was structured as a “research-as-formation” project utilizing narrative and (auto)biographical methods, theoretically informed by Norbert Elias’s (18971990) concepts of figuration, interdependence, and power. The sources analyzed were compiled from documents accessed at the CEI UFGD (CEI Maria Alice Silvestre), the Dourados Municipal Department of Education, and the Pro-Rectorate for Community and Student Affairs, as well as from oral sources—specifically interviews gathering narratives and memories—provided by Professor Magda Sarat, Professor Célia Maria Foster Silvestre, and Professor Claudemir Dantes da Silva. The results demonstrated that movements led by the academic community—particularly by female students—were essential to the conception of the daycare center within the UFGD grounds during a period of university expansion and growing recognition. It also became evident that ensuring university retention posed challenges in various respects for both staff and students, including the difficulty of balancing motherhood histories, and memories throughout this text, it became possible to understand the importance of establishing and consolidating this early childhood education institution within the university campus, thereby contributing a significant chapter to the history of education at UFGD, the area surrounding the university's Unit II, the Greater Dourados region, and the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.