Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

primeiras letras

English translation:

infant school

Added to glossary by Bett
Oct 5, 2018 14:44
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Portuguese term

primeiras letras

Portuguese to English Other Education / Pedagogy mathematics education
I need a "old-fashioned" word for this. It reffers to those schools where children were all in one class, different levels, different ages, and the "Miss" did her best to knock some reading and basic aritmentics into them. Kind-of-like "little house on the prairy"...
Any suggestions appreciated

"... que determinou a existência de escolas elementares, chamadas escolas de primeiras letras, em todas as cidades, vilas e lugares populosos."

"No ensino das primeiras letras, a Matemática estava presente: “primeiras letras” significava, afinal, “ler, escrever e contar”. É nesse momento que se pode situar a primeira colocação da educação da população como direito social, bem como a manifestação da preocupação..."

Discussion

T o b i a s Oct 15, 2018:
. If you're concerned, leave it in Portuguese and gloss it. It's a historical term derived from Lei 15 of blah blah blah.

http://www.egov.ufsc.br/portal/sites/default/files/anexos/30...

A primeira contribuição da Lei de 15 de outubro de 1827 foi a de determinar, no seu
artigo 1º, que as Escolas de Primeiras Letras (hoje, ensino fundamental) deveriam ensinar, para os meninos, a leitura, a escrita, as quatro operações de cálculo e as noções mais gerais de geometria prática.
Bett (asker) Oct 15, 2018:
the problem I see here is that the text will later on talk about "ensino fundamental" which has often been translated as "elementary school", so we need something diferente, in order to show that "primeiras letras" i not the same as we now see as elementary (1st to 9th ) as opposed to high school (1th to 12th) so this is the conundrum .
Oliver Simões Oct 8, 2018:
@Tobias The historical reference makes total sense. I found a source that validates this claim. I just posted an answer.
T o b i a s Oct 6, 2018:
Perhaps 'primeiras letras' refers to a law enacted under Dom Pedro I:

Ainda no âmbito das determinações legais e da ação do poder público, uma lei de outubro de 1827, no governo de D. Pedro I, determinava a criação de escolas de primeiras letras em todas as vilas, lugarejos e cidades mais povoadas. Destacamos aqui os quatro primeiros artigos dessa lei:

Lei de 15 de outubro de 1827

D. Pedro I, por Graça de Deus e unânime aclamação dos povos, Imperador
Constitucional e Defensor Perpétuo do Brasil: Fazemos saber a todos os nossos
súditos que a Assembleia Geral decretou e nós queremos a lei seguinte:

Art. 1º Em todas as cidades, vilas e lugares mais populosos, haverão (sic) as
escolas de primeiras letras que forem necessárias.

http://seer.mouralacerda.edu.br/index.php/plures/article/vie...




Oliver Simões Oct 6, 2018:
@Bett Not sure if this would fit in, but I've heard "teaching the basics" in the academia. Check this out: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1998/10/01/teaching-the-b...

Might it be "basic education schools"? https://www.google.com/search?q="basic education school...
Bett (asker) Oct 5, 2018:
yeah, but the three RS have already appeard elsewhere in the text. I have to avoid confusion now.
"... esses conhecimentos são o principal componente do processo de alfabetização, e integram a célebre tríade “ler, escrever e contar”.
T o b i a s Oct 5, 2018:
Three Rs RESUMO
O artigo que ora apresentaremos tem como objetivo discutir a historiografia e analisar a documentação sobre o ensino de primeiras letras na Capitania de Minas Gerais, instituído em 1759 com a Reforma Pombalina. As escolas que ministravam o ensino de primeiras letras podiam ser tanto régias quanto públicas. Nas escolas régias, os mestres recebiam seus ordenados da Coroa Portuguesa; já nas escolas públicas, os pais dos alunos é que pagavam os ordenados aos mestres.
Palavras-chave
: História da Educação, Brasil Colonial, Ensino de Primeiras Letras
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the historiography and analyse the documentation about the teaching of the three R's in the province of Minas Gerais, wich was instituted in 1759 by the Pombaline Reforms. The three R's schools could be royal or public schools. In the royal schools the masters received your remuneration from the Portuguese Crown; otherwise in the public schools the students's fathers paid the salary for the masters.
T o b i a s Oct 5, 2018:
Was just about to post 'three Rs'

Gilmar Fernandes Oct 5, 2018:
The three Rs A suggestion for the term “ler, escrever e contar” which probably comes up often in your context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_three_Rs

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infant school

When I was a kid growing up in England in the 1970's, we referred to this as 'infant school' - all kids bundled together in the same class. Now it's all classified into grades, I guess?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_school
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you. Now that I got to the end of the book, this does sound better. however I will still add a T.N."
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school of first letters

The reference posted by Tobias makes sense. It seems like primeiras letras are in reference to the first schools implemented by Pedro I in imperial Brazil; besides educating the general populace, these schools also aimed at social control. The quote below is from a Master's thesis:

"The School of First Letters was submitted to a confirmation process in Sergipe during the XIX Century. When province administrators understood that they would be able to transform behavior rules and guarantee social stability through the use of these schools, they began promoting the instruction of the school-age population. Using the most modern European pedagogic technology, the administrators adopted the teaching methods of the School of First Letters in Sergipe." - https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4688

I suggest consulting the client. If it's indeed these schools, I suggest a literal translation, since there would be no English equivalent IMHO.
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