Education in Fascist Italy (1922-1945)

Authors

  • José Silvério Baia Horta Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) Author

Keywords:

Fascist Education, History of Education, Italy, Totalitarianism and Education

Abstract

This article analyzes education in Italy in the period of 1922-1945, identifying the mechanisms put into practice, by the fascist regime, so that schools would serve its interests. Beginning with the Gentile Reform, it examines the process of schools’ fascist indoctrination in its different levels. This process begins with the Teachers’ Associations in 1935, and increases with the schools’ militarization. In 1938, racist laws were introduced in the teaching system. It reaches its climax with the School Letter in 1939. All this structure began to collapse in 1943 with Mussolini’s fall.

 

Author Biography

  • José Silvério Baia Horta, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)
    Doctorat d’Etat es Lettres et Sciences Humaines – Université Paris V – René Descartes, 1985. Pesquisador visitante do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
    Científi co e Tecnológico (CNPq)/ Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM).

Published

2012-02-06

Issue

Section

Original research

How to Cite

Education in Fascist Italy (1922-1945). (2012). Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 9(1 [19]). https://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38558