Between correspondences and documents: the Regional School of Meriti as a model for the creation of new educational institutions

• Autor(a) principal: Frescurato, Caruanã Guatara Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Gouvêa, Fernando César Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Linhas (Florianópolis. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/linhas/article/view/20693
• topic: Armanda Álvaro Alberto; Baixada Fluminense; Escola Nova; ensino regional; Escola Regional de Meriti; modelo pedagógico exemplar; Armanda Álvaro Alberto; Baixada Fluminense; Escola Nova; regional education; Meriti Regional School; exemplary pedagogical model

It is not only about the organization of a singular memory, seen by Armanda Álvaro Alberto, creator of this educational project, since we used her personal documents, but, yes, it presents a relation with the historiographical operation for the construction of the social memory of this educational institution. After all, it is a hundred years of educational history in Baixada Fluminense. This history is often forgotten by the textbooks and even by the academics, and, when it is remembered, it is fated to oblivion on shelves far away from the population. This article aims to examine the influence of the Escola Regional de Meriti in the creation of educational institutions in diferente Brazilian states. From a two-way perspective, we understand that the institut ion's pedagogical project served as a basis for the schools founded and, at the same time, legitimized the role desired by Armanda Álvaro Alberto in the construction of an education space beyond its walls and in line with the theoretical principles of Esco la Nova. Thus, the Regional School of Meriti, whose pedagogical practices were intertwined with the principles of regional and popular education, became a model of pedagogical organization. Fundamental to this analysis was the reading of Armanda's personal documents, especially the correspondence that revealed the existence of a network of exchanges of experiences and photos that supported the birth process of similar institutions. Therefore, the relevance of the discussion of the role of the Regional Schoo l of Meriti that survived diferente historical moments without losing its relevance for the History of Education of Baixada Fluminense.