Memórias docentes: trajetórias profissionais e história da educação profissional no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí (1970-2010)

Abstract

This study historically reconstructs the trajectories of retired teachers of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí, in a route comprising its inception as ETFPI to become IFPI. The trajectories comprehend the process in which the institution developed between the 1970s and 2010. The individual memories, taken as documents, were analyzed collectively. The research aims to discuss professional education and the pathways of five teachers who participated in the implementation of processes and changes occurring in the Technical Education. In this context, the emphasis is on teaching practices in vocational education and on the construction of a school environment. The study discusses concepts related to historicity, speech and the experiences reported. The developed methodology is related to the assumptions of Oral History that, taking advantage of memory narratives and under the theoretical framework of Cultural History, produces an empirical corpus to be studied. The analyzed memories allowed us to find out different aspects related to professional education, school environment and teaching practices. The remembrances and forgetfulness allowed us to find out, in general, the path taken by professional education in Brazil and, in particular, some fragments of this path in the state of Piauí.