“Teaching children is the priesthood that leads to good”: education, teaching and school in the newspaper O Educador (1921-1922)

• Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Maria Lúcia da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Machado, Charliton José dos Santos, Sousa, Débia Suênia da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Educação & Formação (Fortaleza)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/article/view/1485
• topic: Docência; Escola; Educação; História da educação; Education; Teaching School; History of Education; Educación; Enseñanza; Escuela; Historia educativa

From the perspective of the new cultural history, the objective was to analyze the conceptions of education, school and teaching conveyed by the Journal o Educador (1921-1922), taking as source: a report of the director general of public education, two articles and two informative texts. After analysis, it emerged that the school of the first decades of the twentieth century was considered the first space of formation of the citizen, becoming a “temple of hope and faith”, with the mission of propagating useful knowledge to social life and shaping the moral personality of the student to the practice of the duties. In this context, the primary teacher would be a missionary who, exercising a sacred ministry with affection and dedication, formed, beyond the intellect, the soul and heart of his pupils, enabling them to serve their homeland, family and society. Thus, the focus of education was to prepare the student to move actively and disciplinarily toward the future of a better society.