História e memória da fundação do Colégio Juvenal de Carvalho

Abstract

The Salesian Order was founded by Don Bosco, who started his own pedagogy in Europe and disseminated in several countries of the world, arriving in Fortaleza-Ceara in 1933. In this city, the Colegio Juvenal de Carvalho was created, object of this study, with offering different levels of education for the female audience. The objective of this work was to understand how the establishment of Colegio Juvenal de Carvalho was carried out and the implementation of Secondary Education along the Salesian lines. Historical research was carried out, with the support of documents such as excerpts from newspapers, decrees of authorization / opening of teaching levels and a booklet prepared by the institution itself with its history (1933-1995), which made it possible to elaborate a narrative about its foundation. Colegio Juvenal de Carvalho was created to meet the aspirations of the local elite for female education, proved to be a relevant space for the training of girls in the light of Marian principles and asserted the duality of classes; by offering primary and evening education for poor girls to learn a trade and secondary education of a humanistic nature for the training of girls from the elite of Fortaleza.