A prática da leitura, o exemplo e a educação moral na escola primária

Abstract

This article highlights a reading practice proposed by the primary teacher Ana Facó (1855-1926), in the city of Fortaleza, at the beginning of the 20th century. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an application of the intuitive method in the classroom by reading a short story, where the example presented was aimed at the moral education of students. In methodological terms, the study uses the newspaper as a source. In the newspaper library of the state public library, in the microfilming sector, a series of nine stories published in the School column, titled “My Palmatoria - for children”, in different editions of the Jornal do Ceará, in the period of May to June of 1907. Although conservative, because it provides for the control of children and the maintenance of social order, such study is relevant because of the influence of pedagogy of JH Pestalozzi (1746-1827) on the literature of moral education in primary school.