Public school and memory: retired teachers’ experiences from the municipality of Portão (Rio Grande do Sul)

Abstract

COLLING, Sandra Maria Costa dos Passos; MAGALHAES, Magna Lima  and  ROCHA, Ana Luiza Carvalho da. Public school and memory: retired teachers’ experiences from the municipality of Portão (Rio Grande do Sul). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2025, vol.24, e2025-18.  Epub Jan 12, 2026. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v24-e2025-18.

This article presents moments and reflections on of the careers of teachers, now retired, who worked in elementary education, in public schools in the city of Portão/RS. This is an excerpt from the interdisciplinary doctoral thesis on Cultural Processes and Manifestations, bringing together ethnographic studies with seven women. The memories of these women bring to life the ways they entered work with contracts and competitions, the challenges of the classroom and the occupation of positions and other sectors at school. These paths allow us to observe the public school from different angles and the processes that occurred throughout the professional career in education, considering that each choice allows ways of learning from the challenges presented.

Keywords : Retired teachers; Public School; Career..

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