The Impact of political and educational reforms of Brazil – 1925-1940 – teaching of Portuguese language

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to understand the possible impact that political and educational reforms that occurred between the years 1925 and 1940 had on the teaching of the Portuguese Language. Obviously, as this is a study that is based on oral histories, end up being included when analyzing data, references to other school subjects. The work has the axis memories of times students and professors of a retired teacher of 93 years old. The methodology employed was thus oral history (HO) generated from semi-structured interview. The analytical path was guided by an interest in answering the following research question: How political reforms in education in Brazil, in the periodbetween 1925 and 1940, focused on educational activities of the time, especially in the racing discipline Portuguese Language?