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Peer reviewedFigueiredo, Nice – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Discusses the concept of information value and presents major findings of user studies and collection evaluations. A case study describing the implementation of networks for information in the areas of biomedicine and agronomy in Brazil in the late 1960s is presented. (35 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Needs
Peer reviewedde Oliveira, Francisco – International Social Science Journal, 1987
Notes the rapid rise of social sciences within universities of Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s. Identifies the interrelationships among the social sciences in Brazilian universities and their involvement with political developments. (JDH)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Peer reviewedAmaral, Alberto; Polidori, Marlis – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Discusses evaluation of higher education in Brazil, including the Institutional Evaluation Program of the Brazilian Universities (PAIUB) and its replacement by a National Examination of Study Diplomas. Describes background, early initiatives regarding quality, and the new governmental approach to quality evaluation (including the new political…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational History
Download full textMontgomery, Walter A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
This bulletin discusses the phases of educational progress in Latin America. The following topic areas are covered: (1) Central America (practical education; Guatemala; Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Panama); (2) British Guiana (new school regulation); (3) Argentina (preliminary; illiteracy; report of National Council of Education;…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Business Education, Educational Development
Faust, Augustus F. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
Studies on education in other countries have long been a responsibility of the Office of Education. This present study is another contribution in the series. It is based on background information acquired by the author during 4 visits totaling 3 years of residence in Brazil, with a 1957 visit to obtain current first-hand data. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Teaching (Occupation), Labor Market
