O estudo de impressos estudantis em História da Educação: uma abordagem a partir do impresso estudantil ‘O GAÚCHO’ (1953-1955)

Abstract

Reflections and thesis situated in the field of the History of Education are presented, within the scope of the Cultural History assumptions, having the basis of investigation in student press, focusing, in this sense, on authors such as Roger Chartier, AnneMarie Chartier, Michel de Certeau and Tania de Luca for theoretical discussions. The objective was the survey, cataloging and study of student’s journals from the collection of the Documentation Center from CEIHE-UFPEL, where it was sought to problematize and bring notes regarding the possibilities of studying the student press, as a source and object of research in History of Education. From the collection, 16 student’s journals were selected for investigation and sampling, relating as criteria that such prints should come from Rio Grande do Sul, whether organized in a school environment or by independent student organizations, secular or religious, public or private, for women's, men's, mixed or boarding schools, whether periodical or commemorative, produced at primary, junior high or secondary levels and, mainly, prepared 'by' and/or 'for' students. From the sampling, the journal 'O Gaúcho', produced and published by the students from Colégio São José, at São Leopoldo, was chosen to deepen the analysis. The collection has 10 copies of the journal 'O Gaúcho' available, with editions from 1953, 1954 and 1955. Therefore, analyzes are carried out on what the student press is, its production and circulation among its peers, determining its textual and visual content, printed and published, concluding that the student’s journal functions as a motivational instrument of great importance and potential in its role of pedagogical support for reading and writing, used both by students and by the institution.