
Methodologies for a plural history: the case of the Cursinho Geração NEAR
Rev. Sem Aspas, Araraquara, v. 14, n. 00, e025014, 2025. e-ISSN: 2358-4238
DOI: 10.29373/sas.v14i00.20108 4
attendance, developing mock exams, participating in extracurricular events, and taking part in
the institution’s Scientific Initiation Congress. Therefore, in order to achieve its proposed
objectives, the project offers students daily classes, pedagogical support, and extracurricular
activities that contribute to political, scientific, and human development, while simultaneously
preparing teachers to carry out these activities (Cursinho Popular Geração Near, 2022).
In studies on the teaching of History, certain fundamental dimensions are considered,
including its understanding as a social science interconnected with other disciplines, the
importance of historical cognition, and the role of historical consciousness in education, based
on the premise that “to teach History to João, one must understand teaching, History, and João”
(Caimi, 2009, p. 68). Thus, History cannot be seen merely as a narrative of the past, but as a
practice that must be understood hermeneutically, in which educators and students interpret
historical testimonies as texts that reflect human intentionalities. This approach goes beyond
the mere reproduction of content and provides an educational experience that fosters dialogue
between historical experience and subjectivity. In this way, it avoids adopting “the notion of
historical consciousness as a reductive national, local, or other identity, or as the construction
of a single citizen profile, around which we know there is no consensus” (Rüsen, 2010, p. 15,
our translation). From this perspective, it becomes necessary to develop historical
consciousness, which occurs when inert information, progressively internalized, becomes a
mechanism of the subject and is consciously applied in everyday life, extending its use beyond
formal education.
Within this context, it is essential to problematize how History and historical narratives
are presented in the contemporary world, often in fragmented ways and devoid of structuring
frameworks. As noted by Rüsen (2010, p. 17, our translation), “productions tend to emphasize
violent characteristics of the world, although some also refer to or discuss scientific and
technological progress.” This emphasis on isolated aspects, without articulation with social,
cultural, and historical construction, contributes to the discontinuity of historical consciousness.
As a result, many young people complete basic education without a deeper understanding of
their role as historical subjects and without temporal references that allow them to critically
interpret the present. In this sense, it becomes fundamental to ask: which narratives are being
silenced or neglected in this process?
Therefore, this experience report is based on a didactic sequence involving dynamics
and methodologies employed in two Brazilian History classes conducted at the Cursinho
Popular Geração Near throughout 2024, focusing on the theme of national Independence.