EDUCAÇÃO PATRIMONIAL: UMA PROPOSTA PEDAGÓGICA PARA TRABALHAR HISTÓRIA NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

The research focuses on Heritage Education through the patrimonialization of the historic center of São Luís as a pedagogical strategy for teaching History in the early years of Elementary School. The field of investigation was a municipal school in the city of São Luís, the Unidade de Educação Básica (UEB) Alberto Pinheiro. The general objective of the research was to investigate whether the teachers at UEB Alberto Pinheiro use Heritage Education as a strategy to teach History in the early years of Elementary School through the patrimonialization of the historic center of São Luís – MA. The central research question was: “How can the patrimonialization of the historic center of São Luís, as a teaching methodology, be developed as content through a Didactic Guidelines Booklet that includes Heritage Education?” The dissertation is divided into three parts: bibliographic, empirical, and a proposal for applicability. The bibliographic section establishes the theoretical foundation and describes the historiography of Heritage Education and the patrimonialization of São Luís’ historic center as a didactic strategy. The empirical section addresses the characterization of UEB Alberto Pinheiro, the research methodology, as well as the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. Finally, an educational product proposal was presented: the Didactic Guidelines Booklet, titled “Discovering Our Heritage: Heritage Education and History Teaching in Elementary School”, consisting of four didactic and pedagogical lessons. The main theoretical references used included Bittencourt (2018), Freire (2019), Demarchi (2015), Grunberg (1999), Horta (1999), and Monteiro (1999), among others. Data was collected through observation and interviews with the school principal, the assistant principal, and two 5thgrade teachers. The research, materialized in the Didactic Guidelines Booklet, concludes that Heritage Education can significantly contribute to History teaching in the early years of Elementary School.