Isaias Alves e as aproximações entre a psicologia educacional e a educação matemática

Abstract

Based on the travel journal written by the Bahian educator Isaias Alves during his trip to the United States, this article aims to explore the approximations between educational psychology and mathematics education in the 1930s and how the former field promoted the circulation of theories and authors in the latter field, particularly with regard to the exchange between Brazil and the United States. In terms of theoretical-methodological approach, some of the salient concepts are appropriation, circulation (of ideas/objects/subjects), and authorized discourse, based on the works of authors such as Roger

Columbia Teachers College and Educational Psychology in Brazil: Circulation and Appropriation

“…intelligence, it is worth noting that the relationship between Isaías Alves and Edward Thorndike has been explored by the history of mathematical education in Brazil (Pinheiro, 2017;Rabelo, 2018). However, deeper analyses about the connections that can be established between Alves's concepts of race and gender and Thorndike's thinking do not seem to have been carried out.…”

“…As pointed out by TC, “while Thorndike’s work was hugely influential on modern educational ideas and practices, he was also a proponent of eugenics, and held racist, sexist, and antisemitic ideas” (Teachers College, 2020). Because Alves was one of (many of) Thorndike’s students and he approached race as an issue connected with intelligence, it is worth noting that the relationship between Isaías Alves and Edward Thorndike has been explored by the history of mathematical education in Brazil (Pinheiro, 2017; Rabelo, 2018). However, deeper analyses about the connections that can be established between Alves’s concepts of race and gender and Thorndike’s thinking do not seem to have been carried out.…”

Glorious History of Maria Dablemont

“…After earning a degree from Columbia Teacher's College in New York, he returned to Bahia where he held numerous positions in education including Secretary of Education and Health and Director of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages at the University of Bahia. 20 After Maria graduated summa cum laude with her teaching degree in Alagoinhas, she joined Alves in Salvador where he was overseeing the construction of the Instituto Normal do Bahia. 10,20 Here she completed a "superior" course in teaching under Alves' instruction, while supporting herself teaching history and math to the boys at the Ginasio Ypiringa and completing a research paper on "The Baroque Influences in Brazilian Literature. "…”

“…20 After Maria graduated summa cum laude with her teaching degree in Alagoinhas, she joined Alves in Salvador where he was overseeing the construction of the Instituto Normal do Bahia. 10,20 Here she completed a "superior" course in teaching under Alves' instruction, while supporting herself teaching history and math to the boys at the Ginasio Ypiringa and completing a research paper on "The Baroque Influences in Brazilian Literature. " 10 In 1942, Bernadette Sinay Neves, a professor of civil engineering at the University, founded the School of Library and Information Sciences, where Maria took advantage of the first courses on Library Sciences offered in Bahia.…”

O curso de psicologia da FFCH/UFBA

“…Em 1930, publicou o livro Os testes e a reorganização escolar 35. Entre junho de 1930 e maio de 1931, Isaías frequentou o Master of Arts e se graduou como Instructor of Psichology pelo Teachers College, Columbia University -TC/CU, curso destinado aos que "[...] pretendiam lecionar psicologia nos departamentos de educação de universidades, faculdades de formação de professores ou escolas normais" 36. Ao retornar do mestrado nos Estados Unidos, ele apresentou um relatório da viagem que, em 1933, foi publicado com o título Da educação nos Estados Unidos.37 Além da cadeira de psicologia educacional, havia uma segunda cátedra de psicologia, exclusivamente para o curso de filosofia, que era ministrada pelo professor e médico psiquiatra João Inácio de Mendonça.…”