"Ecos do Progresso": a trajetória do grupo escolar Domício da Gama na cidade de Maricá na década de 1950

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the historical trajectory of the primary school Domício da Gama highlighting its role as regards the expansion of schooling of children in the town Marica in the 1950. We are interested in thinking about the constitution of the primary school as an area of spread of popular education, leveraging new relationship between the school and the city made possible from the pedagogical and social practices organized by the institution. To perform this study we used the methodology of historical research, where we use the primary sources consist of log books, attendance books, iconographic sources and interviews in an attempt to reflect on school practices and representations made in the school of Gama Goup Domício. To this end, we seek theoretical contributions of: Benjamim (1994), Elias(1997), Chartier (1990), Certeau (2007), Ginzburg (1989), Geremeck (1997), Foucault (1987), Faria Filho (2000,2007), Camara (2004,2010), Souza (1998,2006), Vidal (2003,2006,2008), Veiga (2008), among others.