Liberation and critical theories of education believe in the political nature of all types of education. 'The school' in the third world is 'oppressive' because it creates and perpetuates 'western-style' class hierarchies. As such, nothing good will be secured at the marginalized groups without a drastic shift in their socioeconomic and political condition. Consciousness-raising non-formal adult education is 'liberation education' aimed specifically for the disenfranchised rural poor. It helps them develop skills to discover the oppressive elements in their lives, become aware of the causes of their destitution, and empower them to take action to transform their realities. Previous studies have demonstrated such programs have been successful in emancipating the poor; this evaluative study of liberation education in southern Ethiopia has also proven to help the target population develop a critical consciousness regarding their impoverished and oppressed conditions and help empower them to work towards changing their lives.

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The problem of this study was to develop an instrument which would reveal whether certain fundamental philosophical and educational beliefs are held by public school teachers in the areas of elementary education, secondary education, and guidance.

Título original: A invenção da escrita : produção de subjetividades / Orientador: Maria Rosa Rodrigues Martins de Camargo / Banca: Rosane Preciosa Sequeira / Banca: Cesar Donizeti Pereira Leite / Resumo: A pergunta pela escrita no encontro com Água Viva, de Clarice Lispector. Conceitos teóricos, sobretudo da filosofia da diferença, são usados para delinear a questão de pesquisa. Outros (con)textos, imagens e pensamentos-sensações entram na composição do trabalho. Então são tecidos dez fragmentos que passam entre os afectos entrelaçados. O texto é rasurado em fabulação. A escrita é tomada como uma experimentação ética e estética, um processo de subjetivação, marca da literatura / Abstract: The question about writing with Clarice Lispector's in Agua Viva . Theoretical concepts, especially the philosophy of difference, are used to delineate the research question. Other (con)texts, images and thoughts - sensations enter into the composition of this work. Then there are ten fragments that pass between the intertwined affects. The text is shaved in fabulation. Writing is taken as an ethical and aesthetic experimentation, a process of s ubjectivity like a feature of literature / Mestre

The way in which Plato’s uses of myth relate to his theory of moral education and his conception of philosophy is examined. Plato’s use and conception of myth (muthos) is notoriously difficult to determine, however, especially because it is difficult to determine whether and in what way Plato wishes to contrast muthos with logos. I argue that muthos plays an integral role in Plato’s philosophical investigation and dialectic, and therefore it is best understood as a “guise” of logos. Myth is not a suspension nor transcendence of logos, as scholars have suggested. Plato uses myth when he is concerned with moral education, that is, the moral transformation of the reader and the interlocutor. According to this line of interpretation, Plato’s myths play a heuristic role in service of his moral pedagogical goals. I outline Plato’s pedagogical goals in the context of his theory of moral education, and conclude with some suggestions about the integration of philosophical myths in educational settings today.

This study examines Wendell Berry’s cultural critique to identify implications for American education. It explores three themes in Berry’s fiction: land and place, community, and character, and considers Berry’s observations about education in his non-fiction and interviews. The health of natural resources is a fundamental value for Berry who believes that human beings have a moral obligation to be stewards of the Earth. Practicing stewardship enables the creation of valuable places. A vital connection links the health of the natural world and human community. Healthy communities are radically inclusive, work for a sustainable future, and care for those with special needs. Community “members” exemplify qualities of character, knowledge of the community, good work, and neighborliness, all essential for responsible stewardship. The study assesses Berry’s claims that: (1) formal schooling often lacks vibrant association with the local community; (2) our reliance on discrete academic disciplines fosters over-specialization and academic isolation; and (3) the standard for education should be revamped to focus on the health of the community rather than job preparation. American education often serves economic and political agendas that ignore the well-being of natural resources and human communities. In spite of our daunting challenges, Berry maintains hope and charts constructive steps forward. Students learn best, he believes, through apprenticeship and mentoring. The study concludes that with substantive changes education can play a major role in enabling students to grasp the needs of a healthy, life-supporting planet and to develop the skills, values, and disciplines of responsible community members. Replacing corporate-dominated, technology-driven, and shortsighted attitudes and behaviors with restorative practices and values requires commitment from all of society’s sectors, and perhaps especially from our schools, colleges, and universities.

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Orientador: Sinésio Ferraz Bueno / Banca: Ari Fernando Maia / Banca: Alonso Bezerra de Carvalho / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo realizar uma análise dos conceitos de formação e semiformação na coletânea Educação e Emancipação de Theodor W. Adorno. O conceito de formação (Bildung) e semiformação (Halbbildung) são centrais em seus escritos educacionais e possuem grande relevância dada a sua contribuição para pensar a educação contemporânea. Em seus textos educacionais, Adorno apresenta uma reflexão crítica da sociedade vislumbrando as contradições imanentes ao progresso da razão, porque na ânsia de uma razão instrumental que a tudo visa dominar, na realidade promove a opressão e destruição da experiência formativa, num processo que articula progresso e regressão à barbárie. A educação permeada pelos interesses de uma adequação do sujeito a ordem vigente, representa uma danificação formativa que coloca em xeque a experiência dos indivíduos, condicionando-os a desarticular os aspectos subjetivos que possibilitam a efetivação do caráter emancipatório da formação baseada na crítica da semiformação. / Abstract: The objective of this research is to analyze the concepts of formation and semiformation in the collection Education and Emancipation by Theodor W. Adorno. The concept of formation (Bildung) and semiformation (Halbbildung) are central in his educational writings and have major relevance given its contribution to thinking contemporary education. In his educational texts, Adorno presents a critical reflection on society gleaming on imanent contradictions of the reasoning process, because in the craving for an instrumental reasoning which aims at domination, in reality it promotes the oppression and destruction of the formative experience, in a process which articulates the progress and regression to barbarism. The education permeated by the interest of making a subject fit in the current order, represents a formative damage which calls into question the individuals' experience, conditioning them to disarticulate the subjective aspects which make possible the effective emancipatory formation based on a criticism of semiformation. / Mestre

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