Tecituras sobre história e memória da Educação Profissional e Tecnológica: um estudo sobre o centro de história, memória e documentação de um Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia

Abstract

The IFPE Recife Campus, a school focused on Professional and Technological Education, whose institutional trajectory dates back to the Pernambuco School of Apprentice Craftsmen in 1909, reflects the history and memory of professional education, which, in turn, can be represented by the collection of the Center for History, Memory, and Documentation (CHMD), created in 2019. Thus, this research aimed to analyze the role of the CHMD and the strategies established in its efforts to preserve and disseminate the history and institutional memory of the IFPE Recife Campus, as well as the history and memory of the EPT. The research's theoretical framework was based on the studies of Fonseca (1961); Halbwachs (1990); Nora (1993); Tessitore (2003); Cunha (2005); Saviani (2003, 2005 and 2007); Bellotto (2006); Ciavatta (2011); LeGoff (2013); Thiesen (2013); Ramos (2014); Camargo and Goulart (2015) and Caires and Oliveira (2016). Regarding the methodological aspects, the research approach adopted a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and simple observation were used as data collection techniques. Content analysis proposed by Bardin (2016) was used to analyze and interpret the collected data. The results demonstrated that, despite the weaknesses identified in the CHMD, the Center was able to develop conservation actions for the collection, as well as use it in cultural, educational, and pedagogical initiatives that, together, contribute to the preservation and dissemination of the history and institutional memory of the IFPE Recife Campus, as well as of the EPT. The educational product developed, a digital brochure, aims to contribute to the dissemination and preservation of the CHMD and its collection. Evaluated both by professionals working at the Center and by representatives of its target audience, the unanimous positive feedback validated the development goals and functionality of the digital brochure as a communication and educational tool, indicating its potential for use not only within the CHMD but also in other educational environments within Professional and Technological Education (EPT). Evaluated by both professionals working at the Center and representatives of its public, the positive and unanimous perception of the evaluators validated the development objectives and functionality of the digital brochure as a communication and educational tool, indicating its potential for use both at CHMD and in other EPT educational environments.