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Brazilian Mental Hygiene League
school education
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League (LBHM) on the construction of scientific psychology in Brazil in the beginning of the 20th century. Due to the extent of the subject and sheer number of members in that organization, we focused on school education and specifically on three LBHM members: Manoel Bomfim, Plínio Olinto and Maurício de Medeiros. We gave priority to primary sources produced by those authors in the mid of 20th century, which were analyzed in the light of the theoretical perspective inspired in historical materialism. As a result, we concluded that psychological knowledge was considered basic to the educational process in order to spread the ideals of the LBHM and the resulting progress of the nation. Therefore, the histories of psychology in Brazil and of the LBHM complement each other.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights. Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.