Revista Brasileira de História da Educação (Dec 2017)
A review on historiography São Paulo’s professional education (in the mid-1880 to mid-1940)
Abstract
A survey of the historiography of professional education in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, has been undertaken by analyzing several books on the theme published between 1986 and 2003. The contents of books between mid-1880 and mid-1940 have been examined to check how production on the history of professional education is related to the History of Education. In spite of the deep relationship between their characteristics, the historiography of professional education failed to experience the renewal that occurred in the area of the History of Education derived from the New Cultural History. This aspect may be partially due to the predominance of analysis based on the qualification requirements for industrial development.
