Cinquenta anos da Escola Técnica 'Aristóteles Ferreira'

Abstract

This paper investigates the history, relevance and participation of the State Technical School ¿Aristóteles Ferreira¿, currently called Etec ¿Aristóteles Ferreira¿, in the generation of qualified labor for the Baixada Santista, going through legal diplomas that defined denominations and educational practices. Completed half a century of the Institution's existence in 2019, it also investigated memories of a former director and four former students who became professors and were collaborators in the oral history project which subsidized the research, based on practices and procedures adopted by Professor Dr. José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy, creator and coordinator of the ¿Núcleo de Estudos em História Oral da Universidade de São Paulo (NEHOUSP)¿. Research results are presented in three parts: first, the conceptual analysis between Education and Professional Education in Brazil, in which are mentioned some educators considered pioneers in technical education, the ¿Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica ¿Paula Souza¿ (CEETPS)¿, from creation to the Golden Jubilee (1969-2019), ending with a possible interpretation for a Professional Education based on evidence, bibliographical sources and researcher's professional experience. Moreover, the geographic location of the school is presented and four different moments of the institution throughout its existence are reconstructed in a perspective of the past, in addition to the legal diplomas that changed its name over its 50 years. Finally, memories of oral expression of the collaborators of the oral history project are presented.