Ensino de História e a História Local: (re)pensando a prática docente a partir da vivência de estudantes da Vila de Nazaré do Fugido em Magalhães Barata-Pará

Abstract

This study discusses the teaching of history, local history and the possibilities of this teaching tool for the historical learning of students in the 9th year of elementary school at the EEEFM Manoel Sabino da Silva in the village of Nazaré do Fugido in Magalhães Barata-Pará. Our methodology used the contributions of Oral History and Action Research, which allowed us to reflect on teaching practice based on the school and life experiences of these students. We present here the results of the bibliographical and field research, the latter resulting from the application of questionnaires and interviews with residents of the village of Nazaré do Fugido. We conclude that by bringing the elements of historical science closer to the teaching of history, local history assumes an important role as a methodology and pedagogical strategy in the service of forming students' historical awareness. In this way, local history acquires a practical function of giving subjects an identity and providing the reality in which they live with a temporal dimension, an orientation that can intentionally guide action through the mediation of historical memory.