Abstract
The study is located in the field of cultural history, into the perspective defended by Chartier (1990), and aims to discuss representations of disciplinary practices to understand that discipline is constituted as one of the school purposes that, in addition to instruction, also need to educate children. The discussion leans on different sources - official documents of the Government of Minas Gerais and newspapers published in Montes Claros / MG, and the time frame included the 1910s to 1930. During this period, there was a change in the representation of teachers - an intuitive contrast of discipline based on punishments for proper scientific discourse, which signals its abolition and defense of the balance between authority and freedom, based on the New School.
Keywords:
history of education; discipline; freedom and authority; punishments and penalties