Abstract
The present paper aims to analyze the Mathematics discipline at the National Technical School (ETN) from 1942 to 1965. As a theoretical-methodological contribution, we resort to ideas on the history of school subjects by Chervel (1990)CHERVEL, A. História das disciplinas escolares: reflexões sobre um campo de pesquisa. Teoria & Educação, Porto Alegre, v. s/n, n. 2, p. 177-229, 1990., which indicates the investigation of a discipline from setting objectives and pedagogical practices carried out and by the constituent items (exhibition of contents, practices of encouragement and motivation, exercises, and docimological apparatus). The historical sources used were: legislation, programs, textbooks, handouts, and tests. From the vestiges of the past, we see similarities and differences with secondary education. The subject was constituted as a representation of mathematics for the manufactory, but there are many appropriations of secondary education.
Keywords:
History of School Subjects; Mathematics; Industrial Education; ETN