The articulation of formal, informal, and non-formal education in Piracicaba-Brazil (1880-1910)

Abstract

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were social, political, cultural,
and educational transformations in Brazil due to the end of the Empire and the
beginning of the Republic. In Piracicaba, state of São Paulo, formal, non-formal, and
informal education developed in an intertwined and unique way, with the participation of
different sectors of society, in constructing and consolidating the republican regime and a
local identity. This article reveals some agents and institutions involved in this process and
parallels at the national and international levels. The research is based on the Pedagogical
Municipality historiographical category, which helps us develop a meta-history, with a
mezo approach, using national, regional, and local sources in dialogue with national and
international literature.