Cultura y prácticas en la escuela: la escuela pública brasileña en su investigación

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting some studies developed by the Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisas em História da Educação —NIEPHE— (Interdisciplinary Center of Studies and Researches in History of Education), under my coordination, in the past 10 years, regarding the Brazilian school culture, mainly the school practices. Therefore, it is organized in three sections. In the first, it explores the relation between culture and school, questioning the school culture concept, the possibilities that it offers to the research in education field and the challenges that it provokes. This is followed by the presentation of the some considerations about taking the school practices as a subject of research. It states the importance of understanding the school practices in their social and historical relationships. The closing section problematizes the educational methods used in the first half of nineteenth century by Brazilian public school.