Abstract

ANJOS, Juarez José Tuchinski dos. Notes about the testimony of children in the historiography of Education (Brazil, 19^th and 20^th centuries). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e024.  Epub Jan 29, 2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-24.

Regarding attempts to listen to the voice of children of the past, what types of testimonies by children have the historians of the Brazilian education been investigating? This paper aims at offering some notes regarding this theme. Chronologically, it focuses on the 19th and 20th centuries. In methodological terms, it approaches three historiographical fields presenting intersection of interests in relation to children of the past: historiography of childhood, historiography of culture about Brazil, and historiography of education. The conclusions pointed out that the available sources vary according to the studied period. For the 20th century, writings and documents produced by children have been used (school notebooks or correspondences). In turn, for the 19th century, egodocuments are the sources that, despite being indirect, allow access to the experiences of Brazilian children of that time.

Keywords : Sources; Childhood; History of Education; Historiography.

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