The field of Didactics in brazilian universitary teaehing: a social-historic look

Abstract

T he article summarizes the main questions and results of a socio-historical
investigation which has analyzed the trajectory of Didactics in early Philosophy
courses. It identifies who the first teachers of Didactics were, and brings into discussion how Didactics and its agents have delimited the object of their study and practice - as well as the relations Didactics has established with other subjects of the pedagogical field. The article also examines the recent history of Didactics in the Brazilian Universitary teaching, pointing out possible ways of analyzing the movement of "crisis" Didactics has been through since the mid-seventies.