The social role of school and the constitution of school structure (Brazil/Portugal, 1870 – 1932)

Abstract

This article examines some aspects of the relationship between
schooling and broader cultural processes using, as documental
source, textbooks produced for teacher training courses which
circulated in Brazil and Portugal in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. The research focused on elements capable
of generalization, including the unity of school structure and the
different practices prescribed for teachers, which were designed
to root values and ideals in the training process. We analyzed
the following manuals: Curso Practico de Pedagogia, by Mr.
Daligault (1874); Elementos de pedagogia, by Jose Maria
da Graça Affreixo and Henrique Freire (1870); and Lições
de Pedagogia Geral e de História da Educação, by Alberto
Pimentel Filho (1932).