ABSTRACT:
This article analyzes the creation of the first public gymnasium in Alfenas and examines some practices and History teaching of the school. Through documents found in the institution archives and an interview with a teacher, it was possible to identify specificities of school practices configured in the daily life of the school, situating it in a national context of intense Educational transformations between 1960 and 1990. The study revealed that History classes crossed paths with Geography, EMC, and OSPB. The teacher’s experiences evidenced a movement of accommodation and appropriation of the prescriptions, which showed a characteristic of their own professional actions. The rituals constituted by the school collaborated to solidify ways of acting and thinking, and also to introduce behaviors and habits. However, resistance and confrontation of parents, teachers and especially students, indicated attempts to change rites and confront school rules.
Keywords:
Alfenas; Inconfidência Gymnasium; School culture; History teaching