The Logos Project in Piauí: formative memories of lay teachers in the Delta of the Parnaíba River (1970-1980)

Abstract

This article aims to analyze aspects of the Logos Project, regarding the training process of lay teachers in the Parnaíba River Delta, in the riverside communities of Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel, from 1970 to 1980. Specifically, we intend to: characterize aspects of the Logos Project in piauiense territory; describe how the training process of lay teachers who worked in riverside communities of the Parnaíba River Delta took place; discuss contributions on the formation of lay teachers in Brazil, focusing on Piauí at the end of the 20th century. This is a historical research, with a qualitative approach, with methodological viéis in oral history, having as a technique of data production the full oral history interview, applied to four retired teachers. The theoretical basis included, among others: Brazil (1975; 1974; 1971), Halbwachs (2006); Meihy and Ribeiro (2021). The study showed that the Logos Project was a training policy that ecemized hundreds of lay teachers in Piauí, opportunistic and possible improvement of the quality of teaching, through the certification of a 1st grade teacher to teachers who worked without training for teaching.