A Very Brazilian Experiment: The Base Education Movement, 1961-67.

Dawson, Andrew

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ERIC Number: EJ677530

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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A Very Brazilian Experiment: The Base Education Movement, 1961-67.

Dawson, Andrew

History of Education, v31 n2 p185-94 Mar 2002

Details the establishment and development of the Base Education Movement (BEM) in Brazil in 1961-1967. Analyzes the political, social, and religious spheres in Brazil as to their respective impacts. Concludes the MEB and the Catholic Church worked to provide education for Brazil's socioeconomically oppressed. (KDR)

Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Educational History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Literacy Education, Rural Areas

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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