Escola Normal Estadual Professora Maria do Carmo de Miranda: formação de professores

Abstract

This study belongs to the field of History of Education, specifically in the context of educational institutions as well as teacher training/education. It is the result of an investigation into the State Normal School Teacher Maria do Carmo Miranda. This educational institution was the object and the locus of this work, with an emphasis on its establishment, operation as well as the profile of its students during the time frame 1986-2000. This time frame is referenced firstly, to the year of creation of the school and secondly, it takes place four years after the publication of the Guidelines and Framework Law (LDB) No. 9394/96 that caused a fervor among primary school teachers with its statement of having a Higher Education as ideal for teachers who worked in the early grades of elementary school. The main purpose of the paper was to contribute to the construction of the history of the institution which was responsible for training many teachers in the metropolitan area of João Pessoa. We therefore worked with documentary sources, for instance: school documents in the school file of the institution, besides laws, decrees, photographs, among others, as well as the literature review on the topic. Thus, we believe that the school aforementioned was very relevant for the education of many teachers, playing its role during Brazil's redemocratization period and facing several crises and changes that have occurred in the educational scenario of the country.