A mãe ensina, o filho aprende as lições do ABC pelo jornal

Abstract

The origin of this text is a research developed in the sector of hemeroteca Governor The origin of this text is a research developed in the sector of hemeroteca Governor volumes of the Jornal do Ceará in order to be circulated in the Column Escola where classes ABC to poor crildren. From this survey it is possible to reflect an educational experience of children's literacy in the distance, with the help of the their "mothers". In this prerogative, that is a reflection on an educational initiative developed in the early twentieth century, in the city of Fortaleza, focusing on teaching the alphabet lessons to poor children excluded from school, through the printed newspaper. It is a study in the field of history of education theoretically anchored on authors who focus on the theme and has guided historical production of education in Brazil. Published in that column those lessons represented a paradox facing the social disparities of the city in the early twentieth century, whose indicators revealed a marked number of children and illiterate adults. Published in the form of tables, those lessons and their exercises of syllabication in the preamble of each class were initiated by a reminder to mothers that the lessons addressed the literacy of children in the household were to be supervised exclusively by them.