出版社：Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências
摘要：In this article we analyze the decrees and laws that portray Professional Education in the second half of the 19th century and throughout the 20th century, in Brazil and Argentina. We took as a starting point the process of school expansion in these spaces, as it is in line with the international movement of schooling of the popular masses that took place in the nineteenth century, intending to train labor for work, in line with ideals liberals spread in Latin America. These ideals are disseminated through laws that reinforce the educational duality and contribute to the increase in social inequalities, with the school being one of the fundamental spaces for political and social disputes. For this purpose, we selected documental and bibliographical sources referring to rules that deal with professional education in Brazil and Argentina. We use this twinned cut of space and time, trying to understand, through the methodology of Comparative History, the differences and similarities, but also the singularities, so that we can think about the shared influences between these two realities. In conclusion, these countries are closer in terms of their educational models aimed at work and are strongly guided by the interests of elites and international organizations in the process of building their laws and educational reforms, which are not always synonymous of progress and inclusion.
