Abstract

ROMIG, Karen Laiz Krause  and  WEIDUSCHADT, Patrícia. Lutheran School and the rite of confirmation: discontinuation of education in Serra dos Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul (1938-1971). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2023, vol.22, e211.  Epub Aug 07, 2023. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v22-2023-211.

This paper aims to discuss aspects of Lutheran Education and the rite of Confirmation in Pomeranian ethnic communities from Serra dos Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul. The intention is to highlight the impacts of this rite with the discontinuation of education of children and youths graduated between 1938 and 1971. Such school interruption was linked to agricultural work on the country estates of these Pomeranian families. This group has predominantly dedicated, throughout the years, to agriculture, using, therefore, Confirmation as a religious excuse to let their children drop out of school. It was found that the freedom of choice obtained with Confirmation, the nonpresence of Secondary Education in the countryside and the legitimization of farmer occupation within the cultural context were elements which, altogether, produced an education discontinuation of this ethnic group, promoting low levels of education and a historical perpetuation of agriculture and the stay of Pomeranians in the rural area.

Keywords : Lutheran schooling; Rite of Confirmation; Agricultural way of life.

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