Aprígio Guimarães e as “Ligeiras considerações do methodo d’ensino seguido no Brasil”

Abstract

This article analyzes the chapter Ligeiras considerações sobre o methodo d’ensino seguido no Brasil, part of the book Estudos sobre o ensino público, released in 1860 by Aprígio Justiniano da Silva Guimarães. This article Are also selected excerpts from Aprígio Guimarães' writings to relate them to political, academic, aesthetic environments and conjunctures– especially in the 1860s and 1870s.The chapter written by Aprígio is still articulated with aspects present in institutions with a decisive impact on social life and in comprehension the ideas of Imperial Brazil, notably Faculdade de Direito do Recife and Instituto Arqueológico e Geográfico Pernambucano. From Aprígio's texts, it is important to highlight: quotes from European authors, economic, political and religious perspectives for the formation of the rhetorical debate; the discussion around the role of teaching, moral and familiar consequences; the appeal to the figure of Emperor Dom Pedro II in conducting the values ​​to be pursued for the formation of Brazil. All these points present questions similar to the investigation around the use of concepts and their implications for the understanding of the history of Brazilian education.