This paper points out how cultural heritage interferes with the process of internalizing teaching. The research involved the analysis of 42 questionnaires completed by lecturers of the Federal University of Piaui State (Brazil). The data collected were analyzed using Historical and Cultural approaches. It was discovered that the teachers’ activities were influenced by formative processes (the way in which the lecturers teach), as well as by the way they learn ‘how to be a lecturer’ through personal experience. It is concluded that the subjects of the research internalized the style of teaching reproducing the classic models of being lecturers.