Primary education as propaganda for the intellectual formation project of the Young Men’s Christian Associations in Brazil (1893-1929)

  • Anderson da Cunha Baía Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • Andrea Moreno Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24109/2176-6681.rbep.98i249.2849
Keywords: history of education, primary education, Young Men Christian Association.

Abstract

This paper aims at understanding the role of primary school in the intellectual formation program of the Brazilian Young Men’s Christian Associations (YMCA) from 1893 to 1929. Founded in 1844 in England, the YMCA came to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1893, through the influence of the North American Missionary Myron A. Clark. The sources of this research were: journals, pamphlets, booklets, statutes, and records. YMCA offered primary education (reading, writing, and counting) as one of the intellectual formative actions; however, it was not the main focus of the institution. Primary education was merely a starting point for the recruiting of new members in the formative program of the institution, as the now-literate could learn directly from the biblical text that guided moral and religious education, core tenets of the association.

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Author Biographies

Anderson da Cunha Baía, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Andrea Moreno, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.

Published
21-08-2017
How to Cite
DA CUNHA BAÍA, A.; MORENO, A. Primary education as propaganda for the intellectual formation project of the Young Men’s Christian Associations in Brazil (1893-1929). Brazilian Journal of Pedagogical Studies , v. 98, n. 249, 21 Aug. 2017.
Issue
Vol 98 No 249 (2017)
Section
Estudos

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