Abstract

NETA, Olívia Morais de Medeiros  and  PESSOA, Lígia Silva. Nestor Lima and the institution of Teacher's Day in Brazil. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2023, vol.22, e214.  Epub Aug 07, 2023. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v22-2023-214.

In this article, we seek to analyze the contributions of the Potiguar intellectual Nestor Lima for the institution of Teacher's Day in Brazil. This intellectual was Director of the Department of Education of the State of Rio Grande do Norte between 1924 and 1929. Based on the book Um século de ensino primário that registered the organization for the celebration of the centenary of the imperial law October 15th, 1827, and also through the printed materials present in the Hemeroteca Digital, in the interface with the indicative method of Ginzburg (1990) and the understanding of Sirinelli (2003) about intellectuals and sociabilities, we developed the present study. In the investigated newspapers, there are news about the initiative of the commemoration of the Teacher's Day in 1923 on October 15. We found that Nestor Lima recognizes himself as the subject responsible for the indication of the date to the celebration of Teacher's Day through the mobilization of his network of sociabilities with intellectuals from other states.

Keywords : Teacher's Day; Intellectuals; Celebration.

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