A matriz de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação como fonte material e recurso didático no ensino-aprendizagem da história

Abstract

This monograph aims to present the Mother Church of Our Lady of the Presentation (Natal, RN) as a material source and didactic resource in the teaching-learning of History for the initial years of Elementary School. It establishes as objectives: to contribute to the construction a significant knowledge about cultural patrimony and of the collective memory from the reminiscences sheltered in the church and vestiges of its architectural evolution; To encourage citizen education by understanding the importance of preserving cultural assets; Learning in places outside the school context. The methodology used highlights the literature review and the documentary analysis. In the first chapter are discussed meanings of the concepts of artifact, monument, memory and cultural heritage. In the second chapter, a historical synthesis is tested that thematizes the relations between the origins of the mother church the foundation and the development of the city; the architectural evolution of the monument and, finally, its restoration in the 1990s, which revealed vestiges of the history of great relevance. In the last chapter, the Matriz church is presented as an educational element, central locus in a guided visit to study the environment, based on the didactic guidelines of Proença (1990) and the PCN (1997). The Final Considerations reiterate the importance of works like this that take cultural heritage as an object, source and resource in the teaching and learning process in schools.