Abstract

MELONI, Reginaldo Alberto. The Teaching of Chemistry in the Gymnasiums of São Paulo - 1896/1909. Rev. Bras. Hist. Educ [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.2, pp.97-120. ISSN 2238-0094.  https://doi.org/10.4025/rbhe.v17n2.890.

In the late nineteenth century, Physica/Chimica subject was incorporated into the secondary school curriculum of São Paulo schools in a process marked by discussion on its purpose: the classical training or the training to practice. This is a study on the process of organizing this subject from the analysis of legislation and textbooks. We also analyze the choices made in the Gymnasium of Campinas between 1896 and 1909, considering the process of construction of teaching laboratories, acquisition of objects for education in chemistry and the evidence of the practices present in the school assessments. With this text on the history of science education, we expect to contribute to the understanding of school practices and demonstrate that during this period prevailed a teaching of theoretical and encyclopaedic chemistry.

Keywords : Chemistry Teaching; Curriculum History; School Material Culture.

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