The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate care services for preschool children in the Czech Republic from the perspective of a demographer. The first part is concerned with theory relating to this issue. This development of preschool education in this country with an emphasis on the period after 1990 . In the next section participation in preschool education in the districts of the Czech Republic is analyzed. As a part of analysis an international comparison is also made with selected European Union countries. A survey was carried about using a questionnaire, the results of which became an importance source helping to describe and, in some cases, illustrate the current situation in and around Prague. The final part outlines the possible future development in the numbers of children and the resulting interest in preschool care. To address the problems related to the return of women to the workplace (labor market) after maternity leave, the number of children are estimated and grouped according to the levels of education of the women.

Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis analyses some of the major education policies in Namibia since the introduction of a democratic government in 1990. The analysis reveals that democratic participation through stakeholder representatives is an ideal framework to promote democracy in education discourses, that is, in policy formation, school governance and teaching and learning. However, there is a dilemma of a lack of inclusion, which is incommensurable with modern democratic theorists’ conceptions of democratic citizenship (both Western deliberation and African ubuntu). The thesis asserts that Namibia’s historical and cultural background has to be taken into consideration if a defensible democratic citizenship education is to be engendered and advanced. An examination and interpretation of the three phases of Namibia’s historical background, its pre-colonial, colonial/apartheid and post-apartheid education systems, were carried out in order to understand the current state of education and the type of citizens the country is developing through its education system. Central to this investigation were different conceptions of democratic citizenship, which indicate that deliberation, inclusion, equality, reasonableness, publicity, belligerence, hospitality, compassion and African humanness (ubuntu) are the features of a defensible democratic citizenship education. The exploration of the distinction between deliberation and ubuntu shows that Namibia’s context requires a minimal democratic citizenship framework with ubuntu if a lack of inclusion is to be eliminated. The discussion on democratic conceptions also draws on a minimalist and maximalist continuum of democratic citizenship education. The thesis argues that a minimalist form of democratic citizenship education, in conjunction with African ubuntu – which constitutes less deliberation and non-belligerence with more compassion, careful listening, respect and dignity – engenders conditions for an inclusive policy framework, school governance, and the cultivation of democratic citizenry through teaching and learning in Namibian public schools, and may eventually promote a defensible democratic citizenship education. This framework may create a favourable environment and potential for all participants to co-exist, and for the marginalised groups to also contribute to conversations. This framework is also considered plausible because it takes into account the local people’s historical background and cultural practices. Complementing the argument of this thesis is the exploration of the link between Namibia’s education system, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Moreover, an appeal is made for the Namibian citizenship education system to consolidate the idea of cosmopolitanism, that is; hospitality and forgiveness, if the NEPAD initiative is to be successful and if certain Millennium Development Goals were to be achieved by 2015. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ontleed sommige van die hoof onderwysbeleide in Namibia sedert die instelling van ‘n demokratiese regering in 1990. Die ontleding onthul dat demokratiese deelname deur rolspelerverteenwoordigers is ‘n ideale raamwerk om demokrasie in onderwysdiskoerse te bevorder, dit is, in beleidmaking, skoolbeheer asook onderrig en leer. Nietemin, daar is ʼn dilemma van ‘n gebrek aan inklusiwiteit, wat nie vergelykbaar is met moderne demokratiese teoretici se konsepsies van demokratiese burgerskap (beide Westerse beraadslaging en Afrika ubuntu) nie. Die tesis voer aan dat Namibië se historiese en kulturele agtergrond verreken moes wees, indien ʼn verdedigbare demokratiese burgerskap voortgebring en ondersteun sou word. ʼn Ondersoek en interpretasie van die drie fases van Namibië se historiese agtergrond, haar pre-koloniale, koloniale/apartheid en post-apartheid onderwysstelsels, was uitgevoer om te verstaan wat die huidige stand van onderwys en die soort burgers is wat die land daardeur voorberei. Sentraal tot hierdie ondersoek was verskillende konsepsies van demokratiese burgerskap, wat aandui dat beraadslaging, inklusiwiteit, gelykheid, redelikheid, openbaarheid, strydlustige interaksie, gasvryheid, meelewing en Afrika-menslikheid (ubuntu) die eienskappe van ‘n verdedigbare demokratiese burgerskaponderwys is. Die ondersoek van die onderskeid tussen beraadslaging en ubuntu toon dat die Namibiese konteks, indien ‘n gebrek aan inklusiwiteit geëlimineer moet word, ‘n minimale demokratiese burgerskapsraamwerk met ubuntu benodig. Die bespreking van demokratiese konsepsies is ook gebed in ʼn minimalistiese en maksimalistiese kontinuum van demokratiese burgerskaponderwys. Die tesis argumenteer dat ‘n minimalistiese vorm van demokratiese burgerskaponderwys in samehang met Afrika ubuntu – wat minder beraadslaging en nie-strydlustige interaksie met meer meelewing, versigtige luister, respek en waardigheid veronderstel – toestande vir ‘n inklusiewe beleidsraamwerk, skoolbeheer en die kweek van demokratiese burgerskap deur onderrig en leer in Namibiese publieke skole bevorder en mag so uiteindelik ‘n verdedigbare demokratiese burgerskaponderwys bevorder. Hierdie raamwerk mag ‘n gunstige omgewing en die potensiaal vir alle deelnemers om met mekaar saam te leef asook vir gemarginaliseerse groepe om tot gesprekke by te dra, skep. Hierdie raamwerk kan ook as aanneemlik beskou word, omdat dit die plaaslike mense se historiese agtergrond en kulturele praktyke verreken. Die argument van hierdie tesis word ondersteun deur die ondersoek van die verband tussen die Namibiese onderwysstelsel, die ‘New Partnership for Africa’s Development’ (NEPAD) en die Millennium Ontwikkelingsdoelwitte. Meer nog, ‘n beroep word gemaak vir die Namibiese burgerskap onderwysstelsel om die idee van wêreldburgerskap, dit is, gasvryheid en vergifnis te konsolideer, indien die NEPAD-inisiatief suksesvol en sekere Millenium Ontwikkelingsdoelstellings teen 2015 bereik wil word.

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A lei n° 12.711 foi sancionada em 29 de agosto de 2012 e regula o ingresso de estudantes oriundos de escolas públicas nas instituições federais de ensino. A lei de cotas, como é chamada, permitiu que as oportunidades de acesso à educação se ampliassem. Com o objetivo de analisar o desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes cotistas e não cotistas ingressos após a referida lei, esta pesquisa verificou a situação acadêmica de 424 alunos de dez turmas, já finalizadas, dos cursos técnicos integrados ao ensino médio, técnicos concomitante/subsequentes e superiores de tecnologia do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - Câmpus Salto. Trata-se de um estudo com abordagem quantitativa e o instrumento de coleta de dados foi a pesquisa documental. Foi realizada uma análise exploratória dos dados comparando os índices de evasão, conclusão, reprovação e o rendimento acadêmico e o desempenho no processo seletivo. Os resultados mostraram que, apesar das diferenças encontradas entre os alunos ingressantes pela reserva de vagas e os de ampla concorrência, em todas as comparações há turmas com melhores desempenhos dos dois grupos. Destaca-se um índice menor de evasão no grupo dos cotistas, maior índice de conclusão entre os não cotistas e diferenças significativas entre as médias dos dois grupos em apenas três turmas. As maiores diferenças entre cotistas e não cotistas foram encontradas no desempenho do processo seletivo, no qual em nove das dez turmas os cotistas tiveram médias significativamente superiores. Este estudo evidencia, com dados empíricos, a importância da política de cotas para ampliar o acesso à educação e mostra que, apesar das dificuldades socioeconômicas, os cotistas evadiram em menores proporções. Porém, destaca-se a necessidade da implementação de ações que visem contribuir para diminuir a evasão e melhorar o rendimento acadêmico, tanto dos cotistas quanto dos não cotistas. / Law number 12.711, passed in August 29, 2012, regulates student access from public colleges to higher education at federal institutes. This law established a quota system, based on racial origins, and expanded access opportunities to higher education for all. The purpose of this analytic research was to analyse academic performance students quota holders and not quota holders who started their studies after applied this law. The research verified the academic standing of 424 individual students from 10 classrooms who had finished their coursework considering technical courses integrated to high school and technological higher education of the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - Campus Salto. This study assumed a quantitative approach; the date collection instrument was documentary research, and it was made as an exploratory analysis of data comparing dropout rates, completion, failure and academic performance and performance in the recruitment process. The results showed clearly that despite the differences between the students entering through reservation of vacancies and the extensive competition in all comparisons there favored classes of both groups. Quite noteworthy is a lower level of evasion in the group of quota holders, higher completion rate of non quota holders and significant differences between the averages of the two groups in only three classrooms. The biggest differences among quota holders and non quota holders, were found in the performance of the recruitment process, in which nine of the ten classrooms of quota holders had significantly higher averages. This study shows by means of empirical data the importance of this quota policy in expanding access to education and shows that despite the social-economic difficulties, the quota holders fleeing on a much smaller scale. However, there is the need to implement actions aimed at helping to reduce dropout and improve academic performance, as well as quota holders and non-quota holders.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-09-15T12:24:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Cibele Takaoka Yamamoto.pdf: 1165336 bytes, checksum: 62d776baca04c93b71d4b6d24ef7cdee (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-15T12:24:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cibele Takaoka Yamamoto.pdf: 1165336 bytes, checksum: 62d776baca04c93b71d4b6d24ef7cdee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-05 / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / The purpose of this study is to investigate and give visibility to the subjective dimension of the schooling process of deaf people, based on the study of the paths of two young deaf people that graduated from High School. Conducted by the theoretical and methodological framework of Historical Social Psychology and the theoretical category subjective dimension of reality, the schooling process of deaf students is comprehended as a complex phenomenon that develops in social and historical relations and that does not only cover elements of objective reality but is also constituted by the subjectivity of the individuals that constitute this reality. Thus, through the study of the meanings (sense and meaning) of two young deaf people regarding their paths, this paper intends to evidence and discuss elements of subjectivity produced by these individuals. Therefore, this research aspires to contribute to a reflection on the schooling process of deaf people that also considers its subjective dimension. This study was based on two young deaf participants of 23 and 24 years old, who graduated from High School in 2013 and 2012, respectively. The school career of the participants presented diverse school contexts, including public schools for the deaf, private regular schools (with and without sign language interpreters) and a private school that initially worked with a bilingual educational proposal, and later with an inclusive proposal. In order to get closer to the experiences of these young people in a way that the emerging of their subjective senses was facilitated, conversations were made following González Rey's (2012) concept of conversational systems. In the analysis of the speeches produced by the participants during the conversations, the Aguiar and Ozella’s (2013) core of meaning proposal was used. Through this analysis, it was possible to reflect about the meanings produced by the participants, especially those that refer to the challenges encountered in their paths and their possibilities of confrontation. Among the results, some experienced and reported conditions were known to be important so that they could signify their own paths with a greater appropriation of themselves and their possibilities as active individuals capable of transforming their reality. In this regard, some elements were worthy of notice: 1) The recognition of deafness by its differences; 2) The possibility of access to a sign language; 3) The encounter and identification with other deaf people; 4) Possible spaces for dialogue in the family and at school. It was verified that the construction of spaces for dialogue between deaf and hearing can be an important tool so that deafness is not only recognized by its differences but can also be debated in relation to the social interaction of the deaf and hearing. This study intends, through the meanings of the participants, to identify important elements of subjectivity that are a part of the subjective dimension of the schooling process of deaf people and that can contribute to increase the debate about this process / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar e dar visibilidade à dimensão subjetiva do processo de escolarização de surdos, a partir do estudo da trajetória de dois jovens surdos formados na Educação Básica. Orientando-se pelo referencial teórico-metodológico da Psicologia Sócio-Histórica e da categoria teórica dimensão subjetiva da realidade, compreende-se o processo de escolarização de alunos surdos como um fenômeno complexo, que se desenvolve nas relações sociais e históricas e que não abrange somente elementos da realidade objetiva, mas é constituído também pela subjetividade dos sujeitos que se constituem nessa realidade. Desse modo, por meio do estudo das significações (sentidos e significados) de dois jovens surdos sobre as suas trajetórias, busca-se evidenciar e discutir elementos de subjetividade produzidos por esses sujeitos. Assim, pretende-se colaborar para uma reflexão sobre o processo de escolarização de surdos que considere também a sua dimensão subjetiva. A pesquisa trabalhou com dois jovens surdos de 23 e 24 anos, que se formaram na Educação Básica em 2013 e 2012, respectivamente. As trajetórias escolares dos participantes apresentaram contextos escolares diversificados, incluindo escolas públicas especiais para surdos, escolas privadas de ensino regular (com e sem intérpretes de Libras) e uma escola privada que trabalhava inicialmente com proposta educacional bilíngue, e posteriormente com uma proposta inclusiva. Para que fosse possível uma aproximação das experiências desses jovens de modo que o despertar de seus sentidos subjetivos fosse facilitado, foram realizadas conversações seguindo o conceito de sistemas conversacionais de González Rey (2012). Na análise das falas produzidas pelos sujeitos durante as conversações foi utilizada a proposta dos núcleos de significação de Aguiar e Ozella (2013). Por meio dessa análise, foi possível refletir a respeito das significações produzidas pelos sujeitos, principalmente no que se refere aos desafios encontrados em suas trajetórias e as suas possibilidades de enfrentamento. Entre os resultados, algumas condições vivenciadas e narradas se apresentaram como importantes para que eles pudessem significar as suas trajetórias com uma maior apropriação de si e de suas possibilidades como sujeitos ativos e transformadores da realidade. Nesse sentido, destacaram-se: 1) O reconhecimento da surdez nas suas diferenças; 2) A possibilidade de acesso a uma língua de sinais; 3) O encontro e a identificação com outros surdos; e 4) Os espaços de diálogo possíveis na família e na escola. Verificou-se que a construção de espaços de diálogo entre surdos e ouvintes pode se configurar como uma importante ferramenta para que a surdez não seja apenas reconhecida nas suas diferenças, mas também possa ser debatida na relação de convivência social de surdos e ouvintes. O trabalho busca, a partir das significações dos sujeitos, identificar elementos de subjetividade importantes que compõem a dimensão subjetiva do processo de escolarização de surdos e que podem contribuir para ampliar o debate sobre esse processo

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-11-10T17:17:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIANE PEREIRA DOS SANTOS CASTRO.pdf: 1480175 bytes, checksum: c862666fe1213a1b4c5a22c3c726f4c0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-10T17:17:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIANE PEREIRA DOS SANTOS CASTRO.pdf: 1480175 bytes, checksum: c862666fe1213a1b4c5a22c3c726f4c0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-31 / The present dissertation aims to study the policy of continuing education in the state of Tocantins for high school teachers in the period between 2011 to 2015. It also analyzed how the subjects of the research, who participate or participated in continuing education, perceive training in their professional performance. Continuing education is an important aspect of education, inserted in the pedagogical and administrative dimensions. Pedagogical, because we understand that continuing education is a process of continuous teaching and learning. It means a relationship in which the teachers are in the permanent condition of apprentices and the school as locus for the socialization of the knowledge hitherto produced. Administrative, because it is only effective through recognition of the need for such training for quality education. Understanding this need as a right to quality education, continuing education must be standardized and operationalized by the State, even if society has contributed to its planning. How is the Continuing Education Policy of High School Teachers in the state of Tocantins and what are the consequences of this policy in the appreciation of the teacher? The reflections were theoretically provided in official documents and researchers such as Brzezinski (2017), Frigotto; Ciavatta; Ramos (2005), Gatti (2008), Gentili (2001), Gil (2002), Gramsci (2006), Gruppi (1996), Ianni (1996), Konder (2002), Kuenzer (2002), Marx; Engels (2007) and Mesquita (2014), among others. The methodological path employed is anchored in dialectical historical materialism, so the study was carried out in qualitative and quantitative methodological research. The following procedures were defined: analysis of official documents, legislation, theoretical reference and questionnaires applied to the subjects of the research, which totaled 65 (sixty-five). These subjects work in 5 (five) municipalities of Tocantins, they are: Ananás, Araguanã, Babaçulândia, Barra do Ouro and Wanderlândia. It is observed in the teachers' statements that one of the characteristics that they find important in the continuous formations is the exchange of experiences and suggestions, reflecting on the contributions of the learning process experienced by each one. The data evidences the need for a renewal in the elaboration of the public policies of continuing education of teachers, especially of the High School, who need a better attention. The state of Tocantins is still focused on a process of formation for secondary education linked to the actions of the federal government. Professional appraisal policies also require an investment in a public tender for teachers, so that professionals can access the achievements of the Tocantins State's Position, Careers and Compensation Plan (PCCR), which until now is serving only to effective teachers, which in this research correspond to 31% of the subjects interviewed. / A presente dissertação tem por objetivo estudar a política de formação continuada no estado do Tocantins para os professores do Ensino Médio, no período compreendido entre os anos 2011 a 2015. Também analisou como os sujeitos da pesquisa, que participam ou participaram de formação continuada, percebem essa formação na sua atuação profissional. A formação continuada se constitui em um importante aspecto da educação, inserida nas dimensões pedagógica e administrativa. Pedagógica, porque entendemos que a formação continuada é um processo de ensino e aprendizagem contínuo. Significa uma relação em que os docentes estão na permanente condição de aprendizes e a escola como lócus para a socialização do conhecimento até então produzido. Administrativa, porque ela só se efetiva por meio de um reconhecimento da necessidade dessa formação para uma educação de qualidade. Compreendendo essa necessidade enquanto direito à educação de qualidade, a formação continuada deve ser normatizada e operacionalizada pelo Estado, mesmo que a sociedade tenha contribuído para a sua planificação. Como se dá a Política de Formação Continuada dos Professores do Ensino Médio no estado do Tocantins e quais os desdobramentos dessa política na valorização do professor? As reflexões realizadas foram aportadas, teoricamente, em documentos oficiais e pesquisadores como Brzezinski (2017), Frigotto; Ciavatta; Ramos (2005), Gatti (2008), Gentili (2001), Gil (2002), Gramsci (2006), Gruppi (1996), Ianni (1996), Konder (2002), Kuenzer (2002), Marx; Engels (2007) e Mesquita (2014), dentre outros. O caminho metodológico empregado se ancora no materialismo histórico dialético, assim, o estudo foi realizado na pesquisa metodológica qualitativa e quantitativa. Definiram-se os seguintes procedimentos: análise de documentos oficiais, legislação, referencial teórico e questionários aplicados aos sujeitos da pesquisa, que totalizaram 65 (sessenta e cinco). Esses sujeitos trabalham em 5 (cinco) municípios do Tocantins, são eles: Ananás, Araguanã, Babaçulândia, Barra do Ouro e Wanderlândia. Observa-se nas falas dos professores que uma das características que eles acham importante nas formações continuadas é a troca de experiências e sugestões, refletindo sobre as contribuições do processo de aprendizagem vivenciado por cada um. Os dados evidenciam a necessidade de uma renovação na elaboração das políticas públicas de formação continuada de professores, principalmente do Ensino Médio, que carecem de uma melhor atenção. O estado do Tocantins ainda está voltado a um processo de formação para o Ensino Médio atrelado às ações do governo federal. As políticas de valorização profissional precisam também de um investimento em concurso público para professores, pois assim os profissionais poderão ter acesso às conquistas existentes no Plano de Cargos, Carreiras e Remuneração (PCCR) do estado de Tocantins, que até o presente momento está atendendo apenas aos professores efetivos, que nesta pesquisa correspondem a 31% dos sujeitos entrevistados.

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The research project, conceptualized through a comparative historical framework, focuses on an analysis of American and English education policy from 1964 to 2000 with particular emphasis on the inter-relationships between education policy and socio-economic disadvantage. Although the focus of the project is primarily the last four decades of the twentieth century, there is an initial consideration of immediate post-war discourses on poverty and education focusing on the impact that these had upon educational structures and curricula. Critical theory, particularly as conceptualized by Jürgen Habermas, and the Culture of Poverty thesis advanced by Oscar Lewis, form the methodological frameworks that underpin the research project. The research, which was conducted in two post-industrial communities with significant rates of socio-economic deprivation and records of poor educational attainment within secondary education, considers the impact of national policy upon the communities, particularly in relationship to socio-economic deprivation, access to education, equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes. The research design utilises the case study method to scrutinise two secondary schools within these communities as a means of analysing how teachers negotiated the implementation of education policies for their respective student populations. Documentary evidence and oral histories provide the methods to delve into this interconnection between education and socio-economic deprivation while modified Skinnerian and Eastonian frameworks provide the foundations upon which to analyse the data. The dissertation is not meant to trace the history of two schools and two communities but to see the schools and communities as a microcosm of American and English secondary education. The intention, therefore, is to employ the research findings to prescribe potential and future policy directions. Essentially, tracing educational history to understand it while utilising educational history as a tool to inform new and innovative policy where education can ameliorate socio-economic deprivation in each nation.

The White paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery no 1459 of 1997 stipulates that the wellbeing of employees needs to be accounted for. A directive to have employee health and wellness programmes established in all government departments was given by the director-general of the Department Public Service Administration in 2008. The Employee health and wellness programme is aimed at promoting and improving employee wellbeing, which is also linked to organizational wellness. The primary aim of the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is to make a positive contribution towards maximum employee productivity and effectiveness in the workplace. Employee health assessment conducted by the Department of Social Development in 2006 and 2009 confirmed that South African organizations, including the Department of Social Development, experience high levels of employee poor health. Studies suggest that both employees and the employers need to pay attention to the improvement of employee health and wellness. In 2012, an integrated employee health and wellness policy was developed to improve the Department of Social Development employee wellness. The interest to conduct the study emanates from the researcher‟s own supposition that the policy has not been fully implemented, this deduction is based on the fact that, although the policy has four critical focus areas, some of these areas, such as counselling, are not rendered. Literature reviewed includes the process of policy implementation and description of employee health and wellness, benefits of employee health and wellness programme for both employees and employer. A mixed method study was conducted to explore the implementation of the employee health and wellness policy as a strategy to improve both employee and organizational wellness within the Department of Social Development, Eastern Cape - Amathole District. The population of the study included both DSD management and non-managerial employees from Amathole District; the study also includes the Eastern Cape Department of Transport, Amathole District Municipality and South African Police Service (Mdantsane). Themes that were identified from qualitative data through semi- structured interviews by means of audio-recorder were triangulated through questionnaires and document analysis. Since the policy came into effect in 2012, results show that the implementation has been confronted with a number of challenges which include lack of support from the top management. Lack of buy in by DSD management has serious implications on the policy objectives; these include the inadequate distribution of capital, human and physical resources necessary to implement the policy. In order for the DSD to improve the implementation of employee health and wellness policy, the management needs to ensure that there is adequate provision of human and capital resources. Employees should be well-informed on policy guidelines and procedures and benefits to stimulate maximum utilisation. A decentralisation of implementation to Area offices is necessary to promote accessibility of services and prevent unnecessary delays in service delivery.

Orientador: Jose Claudinei Lombardi / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T23:13:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BritoNeto_Manuel_D.pdf: 951579 bytes, checksum: 5f0f00b205f677b4a01f1b28968e4b2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo central de análise ¿a História da Educação de Angola: do colonialismo ao MPLA¿. Nele se analisam o momento mais alto do processo de educação colonial, suas contradições principais, crise e derrocada, no período abrangendo os anos entre 1956 e 1974. A educação colonial, compreendida como um sistema, produziu a ideologia da dependência, da subordinação e transformou Angola em território de exportação de matérias-primas e mão-de-obra barata para a indústria dos países industrializados da Europa e seus aliados. A trajetória da implementação de uma educação contra-hegemônica pelo Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola ¿MPLA¿ é aqui também analisada como o surgimento de uma educação, cujos objetivos se voltavam para as amplas massas populares de angolanos, até então submetidos à escravatura colonial portuguesa. A nova educação, surgida nos anos 50 do século XX, foi decorrente do surgimento e desenvolvimento de várias formas de associação civil dos naturais de Angola, que assumiram relevante papel como atores nos processos de mobilização e da mudança social que se verificou nos anos de 1974 e 1975. Ressalta-se que esses movimentos foram reconhecidos como espaço de criatividade e inovação social, e caracterizados como agentes de pressão político-social, protestos, contestações e resistência, nesse período que marcou uma nova etapa na implementação da proposta educacional do MPLA. No início deste novo milênio, o MPLA, reiniciou a implantação do processo de reconstrução e de ampliação da esfera da educação pública. Ainda hoje é notória a resistência a essas mudanças / Abstract: This work has as central aim purpose the analysis of "The History of the Angola¿s education from colonialism to MPLA. It makes the analysis of the huge moment's process of colonial educations, their main contradictions, crisis and overthrow, in the period comprised betwen 1956 and 1974 years. The colonial education conceived as a system produced an ideological dependence, subjection and changes Angola in a exporter territory of raw material and cheaper manual labor to Europe's industrial countries and his allies. The course to fix a kind of counter hegemonical education by the People's Movement for the liberation of Angola (MPLA) has been analised, also, as a result of a education that the aim purposes widespread on the vast popular mass people's Angola country. The new education aroused by the 50' years of the 20th century elapsed as issue and development in many features of civil association Angola's folks, whose take over relevant role as protagonists inside the mobilization process and social chagements that takes place betwen the 1974 to 1975 years. Those movements had been recognized as a place of creativity and social newness and featured as a agent of political stress, disapproval, protestation and resistence. In this millennium marked by a new stage in the process to introduce his educational purposes the MPLA restarted the process of reconstruction and enlargement of the sphere from the public education. Today is notorius the resistence against it's changes / Doutorado / Historia, Filosofia e Educação / Doutor em Educação