Abstract

INOUE, Leila Maria  and  NERY, Ana Clara Bortoleto. “Disseminating the lights for progress”. The expansion of the Normal School through municipal and private initiatives in São Paulo (1927-1930). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e011.  Epub Jan 29, 2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-11.

The process of expansion of the Normal School in the state of São Paulo from the Reformation of Public Instruction between 1927 and 1930 is discussed. In search of solutions to end illiteracy, the Reform transformed São Paulo´s educational scene by equating the Non-official Normal Schools to Official Normal Schools. This measure made it possible for private associations and municipalities to create teacher-training institutions, duly acknowledged by the government, to train teachers to meet the demands of the Primary School. Current paper analyzes the activities of the state and the role of the municipalities in the process. Results show that, within the selected time frame, the expansion of Normal Schools was mainly due to municipal initiatives. Municipal activities were important for the expansion process of the Normal School, albeit ephemeral, allowing municipalities to be protagonists in forming teachers to act in distant regions out of reach of Official Normal Schools.

Keywords : History of teacher education; Normal School; Non-official Normal School.

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