Formation of primary school teachers in the Federal Territory of Guaporé: the Normal Regional Course Carmela Dutra

Abstract

This article brings some reflexions about the formation of primary school teachers in the Federal Territory of Guaporé and have as a locus the Normal Regional Course called Carmela Dutra that was created by Decree No. 47 of December 19, 1947. It adopts a technical approach with emphasis on the history of education, electing bibliographies of the area with analysis of official documents, memorial works and newspaper of the time. The delimited time frame comprises the initial year of creation of the course, the installation in 1948 and the year of graduation of graduates in 1951. During this period, the Normal Course Regional operated in the capital, Porto Velho, under a female boarding school and mixed boarding school in the form of Normal Education at the level of the first cycle, whose purpose was to train teaching conductors to work in the primary schools of the Federal Territory of Guaporé. To enter the course, the student must be at least 13 years old, complete primary school certificate (five years) and pass the admission exam. The training was carried out in four annual series and the programs of the disciplines followed the guidelines issued bythe Ministry of Education and Health. In this sense, it appears that the Regional Normal Course of the Federal Territory of Guaporé met the national prescriptions established by the Organic Law of Education Normal, issued by Decree-Law n.º 8.530 of January 2, 1946.