Banca de DEFESA: FABRÍCIA MARIA LUCAS LIMA MEDEIROS

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STUDENT : FABRÍCIA MARIA LUCAS LIMA MEDEIROS
DATE: 22/12/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Meet
TITLE:

A FLOWER GROWS FROM THE SEA IN THE CLASSROOM: DIDACTIC USE OF THE MAGAZINE BRASIL SALINEIRO IN TEACHING HISTORY (1953-1963)

 

KEY WORDS:

History Teaching, Local History, Brasil Salineiro Magazine, Mossoró.

 

PAGES: 254
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

In this research, we use the “Brasil Salineiro” magazine as a historical resource to be applied in the classroom to comprehend and bring about local history, understood as a dimension of the History field and “[...] a great starting point for activities developing a number of other competences that help construct historical knowledge” (Costa, 2019, p. 132). Therefore, we focused on magazines published between 1953 and 1963, a historical context marked by National-Developmentalism. The study proved relevant for a better understanding of Mossoró’s history, given the prominent role of the salt parks in shaping the municipality’s economic, political, and social landscape, providing a new way of approaching periodicals and magazines as classroom resources and thus contributing to History teaching. For that, we used local history and the field study methodology. We grounded this thesis in authors such as Bittencourt (2008), Bourdieu (2007), Costa (2019), Luca (2011), and Trojan and Sipraki (2015). The research is divided into three sections. Firstly, we investigate and analyze the production of periodicals and the use of magazines as historical sources, as well as the applicability of such material in the classroom setting. Secondly, we examine the specificities of the source, presenting its editorial and typographic characteristics, focusing on its political-economic project, investigating its relation to local political proposals, and its ties to the political-economic context of the time. We also performed a description of reading activities and of how the periodical was used in the classroom. From a cultural history perspective, we developed a qualitative analysis of the texts, reflecting the articulation between the production and circulation
of salt-related knowledge in the aforementioned magazine and local history. Finally, we analyze students’ perceptions through a field class at Salineira São Camilo, showing the impact of such strategies on students’ perspectives through the questionnaire “Students’ Perspective on Local History through Field Classes: a trip to the Ouro Branco Hills” (Perspectivas do Aluno sobre História Local a partir da atividade de campo: viagem aos morros de Ouro Branco), developed under the Likert scale. Based on the gathered data, we found that the periodical can be used as a historical resource with valuable didactic potential for dynamic classes. The questionnaire revealed meaningful changes related to students’ motivation towards the History discipline. The analysis of responses showed that local history fosters students’ interest through classroom resources, which facilitated the learning process, especially regarding the field trip as a means of constructing historical knowledge. The development of critical thinking and improvement of reading competence demonstrated the dynamic potential of such strategies (use of resources and field classes) and fostered students’ self-evaluation and self-awareness as historical subjects.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 5373 - ANDRÉ VICTOR CAVALCANTI SEAL DA CUNHA
Externo à Instituição - JOSÉ EVANGELISTA FAGUNDES - UFRN
Presidente - 5375 - MARCILIO LIMA FALCÃO