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Current paper is the partial result of a research, funded by CNPq, on the History of the Italian Ethnic Community Schools in Brazil (1875-1945). Investigating and mapping school organizations established by Italian immigrants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the text was built on Cultural History Studies and methodically processed by documental analysis, especially consular reports, documents of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Relations, newspapers, photographs and others. Several school initiatives may be found in different regions of Rio Grande do Sul, occupied by Italian immigrants or their descendants. Many were only temporary procedures and all were poorly systematized, albeit significant. They were different when installed in urban or rural areas. Moreover, they reveal the singularities and specific understanding of the importance of schooling. Since they were spaces for the constitution of Italian identity, Catholicity or even just for simply learning to read, write and calculate, it was an important educational space within the State's scenario of the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at analyzing the representations on childhood and education in Guarapuava-PR in the period 1930 to 1960. Based on newspapers published in the city during the period, we divided the text in two parts: 1) firstly, we studied the issues that were raised around the child and which touched the daily lives of families, 2) then, we investigated the representations directly related to school education that the child care provided to the different ways in which writers / readers of newspapers analyzed their own educational context. In conclusion, we could see the relevance of childhood in the way social transformations of the city were understood by men and women who thought the limits and possibilities of education then existing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes aspects of the history of education in Brazil related to the consolidation of public schools and educational policies. The period marked begins with the 1930s, a time when the organization and implementation of a public school system in the country has become a condition for the socio-economic development, and extends to the 2000s with the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law in Brazil. It is based on documentary sources developed by governmental and scientific organizations and the literature produced by researchers. The data show that over the period there was an increase in all levels of education, however, continues to persist traces of elitism and exclusion. Moreover, there is contrast between the quality of graduate and public school, which has failed its essential function. These findings highlight the need to solve these problems in order to advance democracy in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to analyze the main issues concerning the main tensions to be resolved by the education, aiming to clear the theme of cultural diversity. Here in it is argued in the context of the emergence of concepts, such as cultural diversity, pluralism, multiculturalism, interculturality, identity, among others. This study is based on a research conducted by teachers of the area of public policy of the State University of Maringá, which examine important aspects of the history of Brazilian education, in particular documents of international organizations like UNESCO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The priest and educator Jan Hus, who was killed by fire in 1415 the Council of Constance, wrote two letters to his disciple Martin of Volyne, in which left a set of instructions for distribution of their material possessions and an list of spiritual teachings. The letters were similar, and the first should only be opened if Martin received from a reliable source news of the death of Hus. This paper examines the context and content of these letters for clues (concept based on historian Carlo Ginzburg) from an educational activity on the part of the sender and the transmission of his place of master to his disciple. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]