A institucionalização da educação cívica em Minas Gerais da Primeira República

Abstract

This research centrally aims to understand the process of institutionalization of civic education in Minas Gerais, paying attention to the subjects involved, the forms and strategies of its implementation, its curricular and territorial scope, as well as the purposes of its institutionalization. Thus, it questions: who, where, how, why, and for what purpose is civic education institutionalized in Minas Gerais? To answer this question, the study relies on a varied documentary corpus, consisting of legislation dealing with educational reforms in Minas Gerais and their school curricula, print media, school notebooks with examination records, installation and visit terms, reports, and minutes from school inspectors and teachers. These are analyzed using bibliographic and documentary research methodologies, intertwining the fields of History of Education and Political History. Given the vast and complex educational system of Minas Gerais, which was rapidly expanding in the early years of the 20th century, a specific starting point was chosen as an analytical methodological strategy: the Marcolino de Barros School Group, in the city of Patos de Minas, created in 1913 and installed only in 1917. The thesis explores aspects that are still little discussed in other historical studies regarding the process of institutionalization of civic education in Minas Gerais within the delimited spatial-temporal framework.