Ensino da história no 1° grau da escola primária em Moçambique: o caso de Maputo cidade, 1975-1995

Abstract

This dissertation has as its object of study the "Teaching of History in the 1st Grade of primary school in Mozambique: the case of Maputo City", between 1975 and 1995, period corresponding to the years of rupture with the colonial education system in the country, initiated during the armed struggle for national liberation, in the liberated areas of FRÉLIMO and consolidated with the introduction and implementation of the National Education System. The choice of this city is based on the fact that the schools are located where the pre-testing of materials for this discipline was carried out when the SNE was introduced and it is probably also where the largest number of trained and trained teachers and instructors are concentrated. superior experience than primary schools and CFPP's outside this city. With this study it is intended to demonstrate - how the disarticulation between the objectives, contents and methodologies of teaching History in the 1st Grade of primary school and those of initial training of primary teachers, aggravated by the economic and social changes introduced in the late eighties it is deeply reflected in didactic-pedagogical strategies and practices, contributing to a limited and deficient formation of civic and patriotic values ​​for children and young people. This work focused on the analysis of the diverse literature on the teaching of History, working documents, primary education programs and manuals, reports, programs and study plans of the CFPP's, studies on Mozambique with a special focus on education, statistical data, produced among 1967 to 1997. To complement the results, the author conducted interviews, surveys of teachers and directors of primary schools in the city of Maputo, former teachers and heads of primary schools and pilot centers of FRELIMO, Instructors, trainees and General Directorate of the CFPP Munhuana and the Institute of Primary Teaching of the city of Maputo, to the former Director of the National Institute for the Development of Education, as well as observations of attitudes and didactic-pedagogical practices of primary teachers.