Abstract

MIMOSO, Anabela Brito de Freitas. Proverbs: a source for the history of education. Rev. Lusófona de Educação [online]. 2008, n.12, pp.155-163. ISSN 1645-7250.

Though usually having an erudite origin, proverbs ended up being acknowledged by the people who divulge and preserve them from forgetfulness. Under the form of a sentence, they enclose millennial knowledge and appeal to us, even today, by their sharpness of thought and their beautiful similes. It is time History of Education devotes itself to the importance the general public have given to this knowledge and be aware of how it understood the teaching/learning process. The study analyzed the content of the proverbs and contrary to what was expected, came to the conclusion that proverbs give education a great importance, expressed not only by the number of proverbs dedicated to it (411), but also by the good references they contain.

Keywords : Paremiology; education; proverbs.

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