Granbery: um colégio americano no Brasil: a prática do modelo americano de ensino em Juiz de Fora (1889 – 1930)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present the contributions made by the American educational system, through the educational practices of the Colégio Granbery Metodista (Granbery Methodist School) in the city of Juiz de Fora, MG, since its founding in 1889 through the second decade of the 20th century. The study examines the establishment of protestant education and the contribution of the American education system in the modernization process of Brazilian education in the second half of the 19th century; the creation of Colégio Granbery in Juiz de Fora, followed by the controversies that marked its arrival, as well as the pedagogical approaches adopted. The historical processes behind the establishment of a new educational system based on the democratic and liberal principles of American education, as exercised by the Granbery Institute, are also presented through an analysis of the statutes, periodicals, newspaper articles and photographs found in the historical archives of the Granbery Museum, in Juiz de Fora.