title: The role of a laboratory of experimental psychology in the Brazilian education renewal of the 1930s.
abstract: In this article, we present the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the Belo Horizonte Teachers College (Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Professores de Belo Horizonte) during its early years (1929-1932). The Laboratory is examined in the context of the prevailing public discourse on primary education and its renewal in Brazil. To achieve our goal, we describe the Belo Horizonte Teachers College and its Laboratory's director, tools, and functions. In presenting these aspects, we highlight the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology as an important place that promoted contact with psychological instruments, techniques, and theories. It contributed to the training of teachers and produced psychological knowledge for elementary education in Brazil.
authors: Faculdade de Educaç;ão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
authors: Sérgio Dias
authors: SD
authors: Cirino
authors: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo-Campus Ribeirão Preto.
authors: Rodrigo Lopes
authors: RL
authors: Miranda
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000266:history*; D011588:Psychology, Educational / Q000266:history*; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000266:history*