Joaquim Ignacio Silveira da Mota's performance in the organization of the public instruction in Paraná province from 1850 to 1860

Abstract

This article aims at investigating the performance of the General Inspector of Public Instruction Joaquim Ignacio Silveira da Mota in the organization of the Public Instruction in Paraná Province in the middle of the nineteenth century. It was intended to explain the life and the outlook of this person, going through the roles he had and the tasks he did, taking as theoretical basis the Gramsci’s intellectual category. To this end, it was studied several primary sources, for example: reports, newspapers, parliamentary speech, educational law and biographical works. It became clear the performance of Joaquim Ignacio Silveira da Mota in the development of the public instruction in Paraná’s Province, by promoting changes in the educational organization, leaving a legacy, and acting as an intellectual developer and broadcaster of the public education of the period.