The Military Educational Language Based On Icons Of The Military History

Abstract

In the military institutions, which train Brazilian military officers, we realize several icons (bust of important military personnel, weapons, aircrafts) that become educational monuments in order to accomplish the thought and the behavior each Force intends to impress in its students. This article will show some of these elements presented in the three Brazilian Academies which train military officers - Escola Naval, Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras e Academia da Força Aérea - raising some discussions about the importance of the history in the monument language, as a daily educational concept that is practiced inside of these educational institutions to consolidate a professional identity which is required for the future leaders of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The theoretical and methodological basis is based on the classical authors of the educational pragmatism, who inspired educational changes in the United States in the end of the nineteenth century and in the first two decades of the twentieth century, and also the Brazilian reformers who instituted the progressive education movement in the 1920’s. The presented authors point out the utilitarianism presented in the educational actions, which portrays the daily reality of the three Academies which train officers in Brazil, using as one of the elements the history contribution in order to build up their educational universe. The presented descriptions are parts of the experience on a visit at Escola Naval, and the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras.