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Education and Lifelong Learning for Young and Adult Peasants
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Cunha de Araujo, Gustavo – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an overview of an expanded, workable conception of rural youth and adult education that will move Brazil closer to a fair, egalitarian society focused on human development. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a qualitative bibliographic perspective, analyzing historical data extracted from…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Youth, Rural Areas, Adults
Mathematics Education in Brazilian Rural Areas: An Analysis of the "Escola Ativa" Public Policy and the Landless Movement Pedagogy
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Knijnik, Gelsa; Wanderer, Fernanda – Open Review of Educational Research, 2015
The article discusses mathematics education within two educational projects addressed to rural multigrade schools in Brazil: Active School Program (in Portuguese, Programa Escola Ativa--PEA) and the Landless Movement (Movimento Sem Terra--MST) Pedagogy. It is based on an ethnomathematics perspective drawn from Wittgenstein's later work and Michel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education
Educational Planning Methodology for the Integrated Development of Rural Areas. Reports Studies... S.83.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1980
A summary of educational planning methodologies tested in Argentina, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia, the document offers opinions and proposals about integrated rural development. Integrated rural development is seen as a social, economic, political, and cultural process in rural areas, designed to improve living conditions. Chapters…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Rural Sociology in an International Context. Papers on the State of Rural Sociology in Selected Areas.
Fugitt, Glenn V., Ed. – 1980
Published in order to further a better understanding of how work in the field of rural sociology is carried on in various places, the six papers describe pedagogical and research activities relating to the sociological concern for rural people in West Africa, Brazil, Iran, the Middle East, Japan, and India. Each paper describes the evolution of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Area Studies, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Educational Performance of the Poor: Lessons from Rural Northeast Brazil.
Harbison, Ralph W.; Hanushek, Eric A. – 1992
An 8-year study of academic achievement, student performance, and education costs in rural northeastern Brazil investigated the presumption that students automatically perform better when more school resources are provided. Two main topics were examined: the success of EDURURAL, an educational intervention project in rural Brazil sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Space Technology for Rural Education; Brazil Experiment. Project SACI.
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Cusack, Mary Ann – 1974
An eight-year project--Project SACI--begun in 1969 is introducing technology into Brazil's educational system. It is based upon the hypotheses that technology can deliver education to more students, increase achievement, and provide cost-effective teacher education. To rest these hypotheses, Project SACI aims to bring satellite transmission of…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Educational Technology