Nature, childhood and science in Brazil in the 1920’s and 30’s: modern pedagogy and the Bibliotheca de educação collection

  • Marcelo Rito Universidade de São Paulo
  • Julio Groppa Aquino Universidade de São Paulo
Keywords: pedagogical modernity, childhood, normalization, bioidentities, Bibliotheca de educação collection

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to study the emergence of what is conventionally called pedagogical modernity in Brazil in the 1920’s and 30’s, through the genealogical analysis of the normative rationality in force at the time, along with their possible effects on contemporary education. Our aim was to discuss the efforts and attempts of this rationality devoted to the deterministic record linkage between certain notions about nature, childhood and science. Consulting some volumes published by the Bibliotheca de educação - an important means of disseminating ideas in the golden age of the New Education (“escolanovismo”) - our investigation suggests that, considering a theorization of poststructuralist bias, modern school practices have become a strong foundation for the creation and spreading of bioidentities.

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Author Biographies

Marcelo Rito, Universidade de São Paulo

Graduado em História pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Doutorando em Educação pela Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Julio Groppa Aquino, Universidade de São Paulo
Livre-docente da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Published
2013-02-21
How to Cite
Rito, M., & Aquino, J. G. (2013). Nature, childhood and science in Brazil in the 1920’s and 30’s: modern pedagogy and the Bibliotheca de educação collection. Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 12(3[30]), 45-72. Retrieved from https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38812
Section
Original research