A NEW-OLD HISTORY OF IDEAS: “EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT” AT THE 1ST BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF HISTORY OF EDUCATION (2000)

Abstract

It analyzes “Educational Thought” papers at the 1st Brazilian Congress of History of Education (Rio de Janeiro, 2000). This article relates its contents to the historical information about postgraduate research practices and disciplinary legacies. It is considered that scientific meetings reveal contents, canons, and ways of doing into an intellectual community, as well as the interpersonal and institutional positions and relationships involved in the production of knowledge. It is concluded that papers reflect the regional expansion of institutions, the nucleation of lines and research groups, the predominance of public institutions, and government support. In addition, the tradition of the history of pedagogy prevails in the treatment of the theme, as it has been replicated in advising and incorporated as academic know-how.