This paper has as its main intention to present the findings of a doctoral thesis in which the main theme is a specific educational institution called Setor Litoral, a section of the Paraná Federal University (Brazil). Such school was chosen as our main object for its Pedagogical Proposal being known as positively differentiated among the Brazilian universities and courses. Our approach was an historic one: we intend to understand how changes were taking place after the creation (in 2004) and during the development of that educational proposal. Oral History was the main methodological approach of the study here presented in its general features.Este artigo apresenta, em linhas gerais, uma pesquisa de doutorado cujo tema é a criação e o desenvolvimento do Setor Litoral da Universidade Federal do Paraná, considerando como diferenciado o Projeto Político Pedagógico desse Setor. Tendo natureza historiográfica, pretendeu-se conhecer o contexto da elaboração/implementação de tal proposta educacional e os modos como, com o passar do tempo, alguns dos aspectos da proposta inicial foram mantidos ou alterados. A História Oral foi a metodologia-base para este estudo.