The rural German-Brazilian primary school: education and sincretism in Santa Catarina

Abstract

It aims to analyze the rural Teutonic-Brazilian primary school in Santa Catarina and its institution in the first decades of the twentieth century. The methodology is based on documentary research, using report, statutes, inspection terms, statistics, book, exercise books and photographs. Analyzes are based on a bibliography that deals with the relationship between education and immigration. The examination of the transformations undergone by the German immigrant schools in Santa Catarina shows that, initially, they were constituted as German schools. But because of the economic, political and socio-cultural changes of the first decades of the twentieth century, they built a new identity, which amalgamated typically Brazilian elements with Germanism. The results show that the rural Teutonic-Brazilian primary school is an expression of syncretism, originated from the fusion of the German data brought with immigration and the Brazilian cultural components.

Keywords

• sincretismo
• instituições educativas brasileiras
• santa catarina