The teaching work in the Primary School of Minas Gerais state, Brazil: a disciplinary code for an Agent of Modernity

Authors

  • Vívian Grasielle Pereira de Freitas Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - Unimontes Author
  • Sarah Jane Alves Durães Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros Author

Keywords:

teaching work, primary school, agent of modernity, penalties, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Abstract

The educational legislation and on the reports and messages of the presidents of Minas Gerais state; Brazil (1906-1927), this paper discusses the monitoring of the teaching work in Primary School. Nevertheless, this analysis comprised, on the one hand, to consider the teaching work as a profession that required a specific code of teachers’ rights and duties; and on the other hand, to recognize that such strategies used by the government intended to make the teacher an agent of modernity. In general, the measures provided by the government tried to ensure the appropriate action of the teacher, prescribed in the discipline programs and legislation of primary school. Thus, in the convergence of different interests, the teacher was subject to different rules and penalties.

Author Biography

  • Sarah Jane Alves Durães, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
    Doutora em Educação – História, Política e Sociedade, pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), e professora da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES).

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Published

2013-05-19

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1[31] (2013): Janeiro/Abril

Section

Original research

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The teaching work in the Primary School of Minas Gerais state, Brazil: a disciplinary code for an Agent of Modernity. (2013). Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 13(1[31]), 95-128. https://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38826