Maria alves de oliveira arnor: a trajetória de uma gestora educacional do município de Jacaraú-pb (1995-2016)

Abstract

This study aims to remember the professional career of educator Maria Alves de Oliveira Arnor, based on documental sources and oral evidence from 1995 to 2016. The historical section was chosen because it covers the beginning of Maria Alves' work as a teacher, up until the year she died. The specific objectives are to present the professional career of the educator in question and to point out the contributions of her work to the schools in Jacarau city. For developing this work, we used the thematic oral history methodology, through oral statements, collected from interviews about life history and questionnaires. The theoretical reference development was based on authors who focusing on teachers’ life stories, emphasizing the works of Moraes (2004), Nóvoa (1995), Bosi (2003) and Delory (2016), Almeida (1998), Pinheiro (1998), which guided the analysis of the interviewed narratives. We were able to understand several significant marks in the life and work career narrated by former colleagues, former students and Mrs. Maria Alves’ children, such as: the pleasure of studying, the change in education of the region as a result of her work, the teaching satisfaction, the caring and dedication for her work, characteristics of a professional who has become recognized and respected in the city.