2017-12-072017-12-072013-06PINTO, Rubia-Mar Nunes. Nação, região, sertão e a invenção dos brasis: chaves de leitura para a história da educação. Revista Brasileira de Educação, Rio de Janeiro, v. 18, n. 53, p. 355-378, abr./jun. 2013.1413-2478e- 1809-449Xhttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/13111Turning to the discursive invention of Brazil, the article addresses the interpretation of the country as a nation divided by a duality and aligns representations of Sertão in the Brazilian social thought as possible reading keys to research the history of national education. Aiming to highlight a unique moment of the effects of the dualistic interpretation of Brazil in the building of Goiás state as a modern region integrated to the nation, the text also presents aspects of the preparations for holding the 8th Brazilian Congress on Education (1942) in Goiânia – Goiás. The theoretical framework results from studies aimed at understanding the construction of the interpretation of Brazil as a division and to rebuild the sertões imagined by a certain Brazilian intellectual elite.porAcesso AbertoNaçãoHistória da educação em GoiásRegiãoNationRegionHistory of education in GoiásArtigo10.1590/S1413-24782013000200007