Aspectos das diversas manifestações do projeto cívico-pedagógico de João Simões Lopes Neto

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss some aspects about some manifestations on the civic-pedagogic project of the writer João Simões Lopes Neto (1865-1916). It tries to explore the two sides of the writer that have been fewer studied as: an education vulgarizer and the Author of didactic books. Fundamentally starting from Chiappini (1988) and Diniz (2003) understanding that the Author had an civic-pedagogic project since the conference about Civic Education (1904-1906) passing by postcards, didactic books and educational campaigns. Searching to prove the hypotheses, this study was divided in two moments. At the first, it shows a panoramic view of historic happenings from the end of the Empire and the two first decades of Republic catalyzes of the patriotic feeling, to serve as an example the campaign enterprises by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918). At the second, it passes to a description and analysis that was named civic-pedagogic project of the Author The Gaúcha Union (União Gaúcha) and the Shout of War 31 (Tiro de Guerra 31); the Civic Education conference (1906); the Brazilian postcards collection; the Party of the Trees (1909) and the didactic books. Concluding that the civic-pedagogic project tried to answer the peculiarities from the Brazilian society and to the positivism ideals, treating yet to emphasize the importance gave to the folklore and the popular culture.