Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Flaviana Alves de  and  GOMES, Maria Margarida. School practices in the office of the Natural History/Biology teaching laboratory at Colégio Pedro II (1960-1970). Rev. Bras. Hist. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.23, e255.  Epub Feb 01, 2023. ISSN 2238-0094.  https://doi.org/10.4025/rbhe.v23.2023.e255.

This article aims to scrutinize the school and curricular practices experienced within the laboratory of the Natural History office at Pedro II’s high school between 1960 and 1970 in order to understand how the school discipline Biology conformed within the walls of that institution. To understand the praxis in the office, we used as empirical material: record book of practical lab classes and former teachers’ testimonies. The everyday doing characterized the school discipline Natural History/Biology as an experimental one linked to the scientific method and practical teaching, predominantly academic and associated with biological sciences; and it also allowed for its consolidation and legitimation in the context of the movement to renew science education.

Keywords : history of school subjects; school objects; teaching of natural history/biology; curriculum.

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