“PARA NÃO DIZER QUE NÃO FALEI DAS FLORES”:

AS FESTAS CÍVICAS ESCOLARES COMO ESPAÇO DE REPRESENTAÇÃO DE SABERES E PRÁTICAS EDUCATIVAS EM SERGIPE DURANTE OS ANOS DE 1964 A 1985

Abstract

School civic celebrations as spaces for representing knowledge and educational practices are the object of this research. We analyze the role of the pedagogy of celebrations for students, as well as demonstrate the curricular and political function that civic celebrations for students had during the civil-military dictatorship governments. Thus, we understand that school civic celebrations in Sergipe, between 1964 and 1985, in addition to being moments of fun, were opportunities for the formation of the discipline of students and the community around them. They were propitious occasions for the forging of attitudes and mentalities that were in line with the sociopolitical context of the time, which were also reflected in the school curriculum itself, such as the content taught in the Physical Education discipline. To this end, we conducted historical research through documentary analysis, anchored in the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Cultural History. Through the research, it was possible to verify that the school civic celebrations in Sergipe were operationalized as rituals of celebration and educational formation linked to the curricular contents, forging and presenting to society the way of “educating”, based on discipline and civics. For the research, diverse sources were selected, among which documents such as: laws, newspapers, printed periodicals of local dissemination and photographs stand out. In this way, it was possible to perceive the nature of the celebrations, highlighting the cult of the country, in the face of the parades in celebration of the anniversary of Brazil's independence, as well as the curricular and extracurricular activities linked to the teaching of music and the Spring Games.