Secondary education and psychology in the decade of 1930: the Antônio Carneiro Leão perspective

The paper analyzes the organization of secondary education based on two works by Antônio Carneiro Leão (1887-1966): Tendências e diretrizes da escola secundária (1936) and Introdução à Administração Escolar (1939). It explores the hypothesis that the recurrence of psychology joins the demands of ind...

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Main Authors: Odair Sass, Maria Angélica Pedra Minhoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação 2012-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de História da Educação
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38780
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Summary:The paper analyzes the organization of secondary education based on two works by Antônio Carneiro Leão (1887-1966): Tendências e diretrizes da escola secundária (1936) and Introdução à Administração Escolar (1939). It explores the hypothesis that the recurrence of psychology joins the demands of industrialization, as in his works Carneiro Leão criticizes education based on science knowledge, which leads to the spread of instrumental reason and the strengthening of industrial society ideology. Carneiro Leão’s propositions are linked to those that endorse the country modernization through science and education; vocational education based on work; new school principles; experimental psychology and active methods; nationalism and social and economic development within order (positivism and evolutionism).
ISSN:2238-0094