Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil

The metric systems used daily, in contemporary times do not remember the problems caused during its creation and implementation in France as well as Brazil. This article aims to show how this knowledge was widespread in Pará in the Belle Époque context. The system was implemented legally in Brazil b...

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Main Author: Patrícia de Campos Corrêa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal do Pará 2015-06-01
Series:Amazônia
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufpa.br/index.php/revistaamazonia/article/view/2439
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description The metric systems used daily, in contemporary times do not remember the problems caused during its creation and implementation in France as well as Brazil. This article aims to show how this knowledge was widespread in Pará in the Belle Époque context. The system was implemented legally in Brazil by D. Pedro II who promulgated the Imperial Law n. 1 157/1862. Thus the system become official as standard measures and compulsory education in schools also determined ten years for the permanent abandonment other kind of measures. It was part of civilizing process of modernization as a consequence of scientific rationality, the countries industrialization and the market. The metric system was introduced in Pará by curricular and teaching programs required  practical classes of measure, intuitive method in schools of all education levels: primary, secondary and vocational courses according the society needs during latex.
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spelling doaj.art-fe1a35a3899040bdaff03a40e8a7b13a2022-12-22T01:13:59ZspaUniversidade Federal do ParáAmazônia1980-51282317-51252015-06-01112210511310.18542/amazrecm.v11i22.24391239Decimal Metric System in Pará, BrazilPatrícia de Campos Corrêa0Secretaria de Estado de Estado de Educação do Pará (SEDUC/PA)The metric systems used daily, in contemporary times do not remember the problems caused during its creation and implementation in France as well as Brazil. This article aims to show how this knowledge was widespread in Pará in the Belle Époque context. The system was implemented legally in Brazil by D. Pedro II who promulgated the Imperial Law n. 1 157/1862. Thus the system become official as standard measures and compulsory education in schools also determined ten years for the permanent abandonment other kind of measures. It was part of civilizing process of modernization as a consequence of scientific rationality, the countries industrialization and the market. The metric system was introduced in Pará by curricular and teaching programs required  practical classes of measure, intuitive method in schools of all education levels: primary, secondary and vocational courses according the society needs during latex.http://www.periodicos.ufpa.br/index.php/revistaamazonia/article/view/2439sistema métricoescolas paraensesBelle Époque
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Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
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title Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
title_full Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
title_fullStr Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
title_short Decimal Metric System in Pará, Brazil
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topic sistema métrico
escolas paraenses
Belle Époque
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