A history of education: The invention of public education in the province of Cearà (1858-1889)

Este trabalho tem por objetivo contar como foi sendo constituÃda a instruÃÃo pÃblica na ProvÃncia do CearÃ. Serà analisada documentaÃÃo produzida pela InstruÃÃo PÃblica, ÃrgÃo do Governo Provincial responsÃvel pela educaÃÃo na ProvÃncia. Essa vasta documentaÃÃo, presente no Arquivo PÃblico do Estado do CearÃ, à composta de queixas contra professores que atuavam no ensino pÃblico durante o perÃodo analisado. A marcaÃÃo temporal serà delimitada pelo aparecimento das queixas contra professores, em 1858, e do desfecho do processo iniciado a partir da Ãltima queixa, em 1889. Buscou-se dialogar com os RelatÃrios dos Presidentes de ProvÃncia do CearÃ; as leis criadas relativas à instruÃÃo no ImpÃrio e na ProvÃncia; romances, contos e poemas relacionados ao tema da educaÃÃo. O perÃodo estudado à pautado pelas discussÃes sobre o que e para quem deveria ser ensinado, delimitaÃÃes sobre as relaÃÃes dentro do ambiente escolar em construÃÃo e estabelecimento dos modelos que seriam utilizados para a organizaÃÃo da instruÃÃo na ProvÃncia.This research takes as propose tell how the public instruction in the Province of Ceara was made. It will be analyzed documentation that was produced by âInstruÃao Publicaâ, a public institution in the Provincial Govern responsible for the education at Ceara. This extensive documentation, that is present in the Public Archives of the State of CearÃ, is made up of complaints against teachers who worked in public education during the period analyzed. The period of study in this research is bounded by the appearance of complaints against teachers, in 1858th, and the date of the results of the last complaint, in 1889th. We tried to make the conection between the Presidents Reports of the Province of Ceara, the laws created for the instruction in the Brazilian Empire and the Province, novels, short stories and poems related to the topic of education. The period studied is guided by the discussions about what and who should be taught; boundaries on relations within the school and which models would be used otherwise for the organization of education in the Province