Brazilian Independence Bicentennial Project: the integrated planning process at Osorio Foundation

Abstract

This study aims at presenting both the pedagogical practice and supervision in the final years of middle school (6th to 9th year) at Osorio Foundation integrated with the planning of the Bicentennial Project of the Independence of Brazil involving the whole school setting. It included the four fields of knowledge and their respective Curriculum components: Languages (Portuguese, Arts, Physical Education, English, and Spanish (only in the last year of junior high), Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Human Sciences (History and Geography). Upon the return to face-to-face classes, after COVID-19 pandemic in the year of 2022, the President of Osorio Foundation, aligned with the school community, encouraged the teaching sectors to develop pedagogic activities in honor to the Bicentennial of Brazil Independence. The project involved every school level, from the elementary to high, as well as its physical space. The junior high, the pedagogical team and the supervision sector planned the four steps of the project. They aimed at promoting a multidisciplinary thinking on the complex process of Brazil’s development as an independent State. It gathered information and proposed activities to help consolidate citizenship through well-informed, critical, and conscientious thinking. The importance of this project is unquestionable as it contributed to strengthening the sense of national belonging, enforcing mutual respect, and fostering patriotism as well as cherishing Osorio Foundation’s values: ethics, honesty, obedience, responsibility, loyalty, solidarity, and commitment.