Professional Education in the early twentieth century and the American influence on Brazilian industrial education

Abstract

This article is based on a bibliographic research in order to discuss the influence of Americanism in the constitution of Industrial Education, while the country was moving towards industrialization. Thus, we highlight some aspects that refer to the conjuncture of Professional Education at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the relations that were established with industrialization and changes at the international level, inter alia, the foreign policy of the United States in Latin America and in Brazil, as a way of expanding and spreading the American Way of life ideology and the post-war context that resulted in the educational cooperation program between Brazil and the United States in the 1940s. From the literature review, we understand that the Commission Brazilian-American (CBAI), acted as the main ideological mechanism of Americanism, through the diffusion of methods and practices with regard to training for work within the scope of Industrial Education in Brazil.