A EXPANSÃO DAS ESCOLAS RURAIS NO DISTRITO DE ITAIACOCA, NO MUNICÍPIO DE PONTA GROSSA – PR (1930-1960)

Abstract

This research aims at contributing to the production of knowledge in the area of Brazilian Rural Education History. As a general goal it sought to analyze the rural elementary schooling process and the pedagogical organization of rural schools, in the district of Itaiacoca, city of Ponta Grossa – PR from 1930 to 1960. More specifically, the text proposal is: to contextualize the Brazilian rural population schooling process, based on the Brazilian laws in force in the period investigated; to investigate the institutionalization of rural education institutions in Paraná, highlighting the economic, political, social and historical determiners influencing the state public education; to reconstruct the process of expansion of rural public schools and the pedagogical organization in the district of Itaiacoca, in the city of Ponta Grossa – PR. Therefore, the research focus was the rural elementary public education in rural schools in the district of Itaiacoca – PR. From the critical perspective the meanings of analysis State, work and education permeated the research. The methodology was based on the documental bibliographic research, through the identification of primary and secondary sources available and indexed during the period under investigation. The results achieved aimed at answering the main question: How did rural elementary schooling and pedagogical organization of rural schools occur in the district of Itaiacoca, city of Ponta Grossa - PR from 1930 to 1960? This work is divided into three chapters, which start from the general context to the specific one, linked to its historical, economic, political and social context and, consequently, in the educational organization of that time. The work is part of the studies of the Group of Studies and Research “History, Society and Education” in Campos Gerais – PR: HISTEDBR/UEPG, linked to the Education Institution History research and Theme Studies in the research line History and Educational Policies of the Education Post-Graduation of the State University of Ponta Grossa.