Banca de DEFESA: VITORIA MARIA TARGINO FILGUEIRAS

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STUDENT : VITORIA MARIA TARGINO FILGUEIRAS
DATE: 14/08/2025
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Canal do PPGHC no Youtube
TITLE:

THE SERTÕES AS AN ABSENT TERM IN HISTORY EDUCATION AND TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AS A TOOL FOR CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL READING IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES

KEY WORDS:

Sertões; History Teaching; PPGHC-UFRN; Teachers’ Knowledge; Teaching the History of the Sertões.

PAGES: 209
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This study investigates the uses and meanings attributed to the historical category "sertão" in contemporary history education. We present the problem based on a theoretical and methodological framework grounded in teachers' knowledge, justified by the importance of bringing the study of the sertões closer to the historical discipline and its potential orientations in the present time. The research draws on the concepts developed by the Graduate Program in History at CERES (PPGHC-UFRN), whose stricto sensu training, with a concentration in the History of the Sertões, is considered a privileged source due to its role in studying this thematic field and its multiple nuances. The study engages in dialogue with both alumni who work as teachers and faculty members of the program. From this perspective, the theoretical foundation is based on conceptual discussions about sertão, history teaching, and teachers’ knowledge. To understand the notion of the "absent" and its connection to the research problem, we rely on Fernando Catroga’s (2015) contributions, who addresses this category as a structuring element in historiographical epistemology through memory and historiography, framing it as a typology between the remembered and the forgotten. Methodologically, the research is bibliographic, documentary, and field-based. In the fieldwork phase, we conducted interviews and applied questionnaires with alumni and faculty of the PPGHC, which were essential in obtaining privileged information in dialogue with our target audience. The written sources include educational collections, normative documents, and the dissertations from the first cohort of the PPGHC. The methodological approach is based on content analysis, using the thematic assumptions of Laurence Bardin (1977), allowing for a qualitative and quantitative approach. Based on the findings, the study reveals a significant gap in addressing the sertão as a historical category in contemporary history teaching. This finding highlights the relevance of teacher training that deepens understanding of this concept, exploring its historiographical meanings and its potential for broadening perspectives on Brazil and the world. In light of this issue, the sertões are understood not merely as a homogeneous territory but as dynamic spaces of transformation and self-reinvention.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - ANDRE MENDES SALLES - UFPE
Interno - 1040569 - ANTONIO JOSE DE OLIVEIRA
Interno - 1414328 - JOEL CARLOS DE SOUZA ANDRADE
Presidente - 2914858 - JUCIENE BATISTA FELIX ANDRADE