Memórias escolares como recordações referência: O trajeto formativo de idosos

Abstract

The present work aimed to know and understand the school memories of five elderly people assisted by Casa Dia Vicente de Paulo, Bagé, RS, from the perspective of the theoretical strand Life Histories, of which Marie-Christine Josso (2002) is the basic author. Data was produced through open and individual interviews in 2022 and narrative analysis in 2023. The interviews were transcribed and categorized by means of thematic nuclei that emerged from the reports. I used the pseudonyms – Neneca, Campesino, Aventureiro, Menino Travesso, and Sinhazinha to refer to the five elderly people – 3 men and 2 women, these pseudonyms sprouted from the stories told. The three thematic nuclei that emerged were: school environment; personal experiences and interpersonal relationships. Through the (self) formative nature with specificities of a methodology sustained by the paradigm of the experimental and also by the paradigm of the singular/plural, it was possible to visualize the meaning and the enhancement of the process of training and knowledge, both as a personal practice and also in listening to the other and through experiences lived by the elderly.