The values of patriotism and discipline in militarized schools
of Distrito Federal and their antecedents
militarization, military values, patriotism,
discipline, education in '64.
This research aims to elucidate the meanings and senses of
the military values of patriotism and discipline embedded in the militarized schools of
the Federal District, with the purpose of investigating the influences of these values on
the formation of students. In order to better understand the roots of these meanings and
senses, the insertion of these military values in Brazilian schools during the dictatorial
period of '64 was investigated. The quantitative method was used solely to measure the
expansion of school militarization in the Federal District and the impact of this policy.
Overall, the research was developed through the use of the inductive method, with an
exploratory and qualitative analysis of the documents from militarized schools in the
Federal District, a review of the literature, as well as a study of the Brazilian
Constitution and the statutes of military corporations in order to better grasp the
meanings and senses of military values. The prominence of patriotism and disciplinewas observed among the military values during the dictatorial period and in the
militarized schools of the Federal District. The patriotism of militarized schools,
influenced by their historical roots, assumes the meaning of standardized and
homogeneous collectivism, as well as devotion to a homeland with a hegemonic social
order. Discipline evokes a sense of obedience and submission to the law and hegemonic
order, much like in the dictatorial period. Both in current militarized schools and in
schools during the dictatorial period, patriotism and discipline stifle the diversity of
non-hegemonic subjective expressions, thus being racist, homophobic, and elitist.