Scientific organization practices at the School of Agriculture of Lavras, Minas Gerais (1969-1975)

Abstract

This is an article whose content analytically describes the scientific organization practices of the School of Agriculture of Lavras (ESAL) between 1969 and 1975, observing the implications of the context of implementation of Law 5.540/1968, which fosters reform brazilian higher education. Methodologically, the research of a historiographical nature employed: i) interviews (based on semi-structured questionnaires) with two ESAL professors who participated in the organization at the time; ii) gathered books of minutes related to the historical period of the Departmental Council and the Editorial Council, educational administration bodies of the examined institution; iii) images (photographs) that translate and portray the Institution and its modus operandi. In general, it was concluded that ESAL aligned its organizational practices to the dictates of the educational policy, while and disseminated a scientific journal and attending to a postgraduate model under the scope of teacher training and the relative demands to scientific production, which is, therefore, a possible narrative to understand the history of the Institution and scientific circularity.