História da Educação
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Abstract
GARNICA, Antonio Vicente Marafioti; GOMES, Maria Laura Magalhães and ANDRADE, Mirian Maria. The public instruction in revolutionary France: some remarks according to Lacroix's Essais Sur L'enseignement En General Et Sur Celui Des Mathématiques En Particulier. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.39, pp.129-151. ISSN 2236-3459. https://doi.org/10.1590/S2236-34592013000100008.
The article discusses the book Essais sur l'enseignement en général, et sur celui des mathématiques en particulier, by Sylvestre-François Lacroix, originally published in France in 1805. The first part of the book, in which the author discusses public education, and particularly the central schools of revolutionary France, is emphasized.
Keywords : Sylvestre-François Lacroix (1765-1843); Public Instruction; Essais sur L'enseignement en Général; Et sur Celui des Mathématiques en Particulier; Enlightenment, France.