From Germany to the interior of the Amazon: a confessional school education project

Authors

  • Maria Irinilda da Silva Bezerra Universidade Federal do Acre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-414X
  • Olívia Morais de Medeiros Neta Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

Our aim is to discuss the confessional schooling project implemented by the German Catholic Church in the interior of the Amazon region, in the state of Acre, especially in the region known as the Vale do Juruá. We carried out documentary research by analyzing sources from the collection of the Santa Teresinha Institute in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. As a reference, we relied on authors who discuss transnational history and the circulation of teaching models. Based on transnational history and the circulation of teaching models, the results endorse the strong influence of the pedagogical ideas brought from Germany by the religious of the Catholic Church who migrated to the interior of the Amazon region, in the state of Acre, especially in the Vale do Juruá. A network of confessional schools was set up, offering different levels and types of education and circulating pedagogical ideas and models from Europe, for example.

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Author Biographies

Maria Irinilda da Silva Bezerra, Universidade Federal do Acre

Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal do Acre. Mestra e doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, pós-doutora pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. E

Olívia Morais de Medeiros Neta, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Mestra em História doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, pós-doutora pela Universidade Federal Fluminense. 

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Published

2026-06-19

How to Cite

Bezerra, M. I. da S., & Medeiros Neta, O. M. de. (2026). From Germany to the interior of the Amazon: a confessional school education project. Revista História Da Educação, 30. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/asphe/article/view/146660

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Vol. 30 (2026): V.30 - 2026

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