Contando histórias, guardando memórias: narrativas de idosos que estudaram nos anos de 1960 no município de Aurora - Ceará

Abstract

This research aims to understand education in the city of Aurora - Ceará in the 1960s, as well as to protect the memory of the subjects who studied in the municipality during the decade in question. Therefore, we seek to understand from the students’ point of view how education was given in that locality, since the 60’s were a period of political and educational twists. And so, when understanding the story of Aurora, one can see the different marks of coronelismo and banditry, which left long traces in the lives of the people of Aurora. Thus, knowing the history of the locality, it is possible to understand the challenges that it has gone through. Thus, for the research, the bibliographic survey was used as methodological means, in order to understand the social, cultural, political and educational path, as well as the use of oral history in capturing the interviews. Therefore, the 1960s in Aurora ends up suffering some influences from the military period, although well masked, being noticeable through the construction of civic consciousness. Despite educational changes occurring in Brazilian territory over the years, the city of Aurora still followed the molds of traditional pedagogy and its methodologies.