Retratos do ensino profissional agrícola no Brasil: da escola média de agricultura de Pinheiro ao Colégio Agrícola Nilo Peçanha (1910-1964)

Abstract

This work is situated within the scope of the History of School Institutions and had as object of study the formal educational establishments that gave rise to the Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro / Campus Pinheiral that with the aim of analyzing its process of constitution and formation offered to students of agricultural professional education, in the period from 1910 to 1964. The choice of this period contemplates the promulgation of decree n ° 8.367 / 1910, which instituted the Pinheiro Middle School of Agriculture until the beginning of the civil-military dictatorship, year that the school was transformed into college. Our methodological approach was based on bibliographic and documentary research. As regards the first, we seek to situate the creation of the school in the national political and economic context. To investigate specifically, factors related to Pinheiro Middle School of Agriculture, we base primarily on legislation and ministerial reports. The results showed the subordination of agricultural professional education to the country's agricultural modernization project, pointing out the link between pragmatism, assistance and professional education.