Abstract

PINTO, Neuza Bertoni. THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM: A CULTURAL HISTORY VIEWPOINT AND THE MODERNIZATION OF THE ARITHMETICS TEACHING IN PARANÁ’S STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE EARLY XX^TH CENTURY. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.24, e99392.  Epub July 05, 2020. ISSN 2236-3459.  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/99392.

From the viewpoint of cultural history, this paper analyzes disputes about purposes and methods for teaching arithmetic’s in Paraná’s state primary schools, as published in the magazine A Escola (The School) in the early XXth century. It highlights behind-the-scenes speeches by intellectuals who advocated a laic and free primary education, in which the main issue, besides of the pedagogical order, was also social and political, an aspect generally absent in the curriculum guidelines.

Keywords : curriculum history; cultural history; history of school disciplines; arithmetic purposes; arithmetic teaching method.

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