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Razzini, Marcia de Paula Gregorio – Horizontes, 1997
Proposes a digression to recover the images that the 19th century left to the history of education concerning the work of Tomas Antonio Gonzaga. (PA)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Literary History, Textbooks
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de 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
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
Volume II of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1916-1918 includes the following chapters: (1) Education in Great Britain and Ireland (I. L. Kandel); (2) Education in parts of the British Empire: Educational Developments in the Dominion of Canada (Walter A. Montgomery), Public School System of Jamaica (Charles A. Asbury), Recent Progress of…
Descriptors: Jews, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Methods
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de Figueiredo-Cowen, Maria – Comparative Education, 2002
Explores issues of academic freedom and autonomy in various systems of higher education in Latin America, with emphasis on the Brazilian case. Analyzes the issues of financial and administrative autonomy and tensions between the universities and the state during three historical periods: 1920s-50s, 1960s-70s, and 1980s-90s. (Contains 28…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Role, Educational History, Educational Policy
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Amaral, 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
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1899
This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1897-98, containing Part I. The volume begins with the Commissioner's Introduction and Statistics of State Common School Systems. Part I covers the topics: (1) History of the German School System; (2) Summer Schools in England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland; (3)…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Statistical Data, Educational History, Summer Schools