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GARCIA ALCARAZ, María Guadalupe  e  OROPEZA SANDOVAL, Luciano. Professor Negrete's books at the beginning of the 20th Century: Contributions to Civic Education from the Province. Debates hist. [online]. 2021, vol.9, n.2, pp.55-79.  Epub 20-Jun-2022. ISSN 2594-2956.  https://doi.org/10.54167/debates-por-la-historia.v9i2.784.

This paper presents an analysis of two Civic Education school textbooks. The study aims to answer the following question: How were these books produced? This was done through searching for the context under which these books were produced, the author’s background and the circulation and appropriation of pedagogical knowledge at that time. The theoretical perspective of this work lies at the crossroads of cultural history and the new biography. For the study’s analysis, we resorted to the method of triangulation and comparison. The sources of information in the study included Professor José Vicente Negrete’s official documents, newspapers and books. These documents can be found in Negrete’s personal library files located in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico. Findings from this study suggest that, at the end of the 19th Century and at the beginning of the 20th Century, in a pedagogical renewal climate promoted by the different levels of governments as a means to modernize and civilize the population, some provincial teachers played a fundamental mediating role in the link between the pedagogical formulations of the elites and the teaching practices of the time, and as producers of educative materials to facilitate teaching work and activities.

Palavras-chave : Circulation and appropriation; intuitive teaching; schoolbooks; pedagogical knowledge.