摘要：In last 15 years, school culture has been constituted into an important tool to understand the
relationship between school and culture. Without intending to inventory its different meanings, in
this essay, I would like discuss three issues I consider this tool can present to the academic inquiry
and the work of the teacher in classroom. They are: a) the debate on conservation and innovation
in education; b) the attention to the material culture as part of the school practices; and c) the
consideration of school community as a social actor. To do so, I associated theoretical quarrel,
photograph analysis and use of examples taken from the history of public school in São Paulo at
de beginning of 19th century.
关键词：school culture, school practices, nineteenth century, history of education, innovation
