Abstract

BORDIGNON, Talita. The influence of Durkheim’s functionalism on brazilian vocational and industrial schools (1946-1961). Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.65, e08. ISSN 1981-8106.  https://doi.org/10.18675/1981-8106.v32.n.65.s14343.

During the national developmentalism (1945-1964), the need to supply the market with qualified workforce was highly prominent, and, the local elites articulated with the United Sates to ensure school funding. The Comissão Brasileiro-Americana de Educação Industrial (CBAI), responsible for managing the resources, issued monthly periodicals with information about the bilateral agreements, e.g., the Boletim da CBAI published texts about the pedagogy adopted to form adjusted workers. The objective of the present study was to reflect about the influence of the sociological theory of Émile Durkheim. This theory, spread by the periodicals and articulated with the progressist pedagogy, is grounded on the functionalist method, justifying a society divided into social classes. Under the historical and dialectic materialism, the article aims to contribute with reflections on the implications of the progressist pedagogy on the worker’s social and daily life in this period, suggesting other methodological alternatives for this educational field. The analysis indicates that proposals based on the conception of omnilaterality are congruent with harmonious and equalitarian societies, as the Historical-Critical Pedagogy proposed by Saviani.

Keywords : Professional Education; Progressive School Movement; Historical-critical Pedagogy; CBAI; Education for Work.

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