História, memórias e narrativas do Instituto Federal de Palmas/Tocantins

Abstract

This research investigates through the memories the perception of the professor of the Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Tocantins - IFTO, Campus Palmas, about his process of entering the institution, his formation (initial and continued), under a historical perspective, the from the history of the IFTO institution, focusing on the transition process (2005 to 2009) between the former Federal Technical School of Palmas - ETF and Escola Agrotécnica de Araguatins - EAFA and current configuration, the IFTO, Campus Palmas. But, talking about the whole constructive and historical process of the institution. It is an exploratory investigation and its approach is the qualitative research of the problem developed in the bibliographic, documentary and field dimensions that seeks in the memories and record of education professionals to understand the historical and collective construction of the institution as well as these professionals that form it. To enter the life path of teachers and professionals who are directly linked to teaching, in order to answer the problem that guides the research, we used the methodology and method of Oral History, among them Oral Thematic History, which is able to collect information from the history of this Institution, and therefore provide a version of it. This methodology was used, as it has its unique resources, techniques and procedures, capable of extracting from the interviewees their memories and narratives that gave light to the work. To collect the memories of the subjects who participated in this period, the analysis of semi-structured interviews is used. The corpus of the investigation was composed of the narratives of eighteen male and female teachers who are directly linked to work and teaching. From the perspective of the interviewed subjects, they revealed to us how the IFTO Institution, Campus Palmas continues to act as an Educational Institution, in view of the countless transformations that took place in its own implementation process and its construction of a plural identity, leading to different changes in its physical, pedagogical and human structure. The history of an educational institution is the history of education in a community, as it reveals how it is organized, transmits school knowledge and its educational practices.