Abstract

CORREA, Rosa Lydia Teixeira. The didactic book as a source of research on Education History. Cad. CEDES [online]. 2000, vol.20, n.52, pp. 11-23. ISSN 0101-3262.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-32622000000300002.

This article is about the didactic book as a source to research on Education History. It is considered possessing the desired values to be transmitted in such a historical period and at the same time it has a project of nation which is constructed by means of the school education. This article also understands that this kind of material is part of the universe of the school culture and that is the importance of using it to comprehend the school pratice in the educational instituions through the Education History. This article considers the production and commercialisation of the didactic book as elements to be examined in its organisation.

Keywords : Educação; história; práticas; escola; livro escolar.