nÃo hà / A presente pesquisa estuda a aÃÃo pedagÃgica executada pelo Curso: FormaÃÃo de Jovens Rurais para o Fortalecimento da Agricultura Camponesa do SemiÃrido Cearense, ofertado pela UNILAB/2013-2014. Assistindo trezentos jovens dos territÃrios de CrateÃs, Canindà e Itapipoca. ApÃs cada aÃÃo pedagÃgica à imprescindÃvel saber se seus objetivos foram atingidos, nessa direÃÃo, o problema que a pesquisa levanta à a contribuiÃÃo do Curso da UNILAB na atividade profissional dos/as cursistas relacionada à inserÃÃo produtiva no sentido da melhoria de vida. Quadro de referÃncia: pesquisa qualitativa do tipo descritivo-explicativo, a estratÃgia aplicada foi um estudo de caso, com concepÃÃes da pesquisa-aÃÃo e do materialismo histÃrico, trabalhamos com dados primÃrios e secundÃrios, a unidade de pesquisa foi a Comunidade Jatobà dos Umbelinos no territÃrio de CrateÃs, pela mobilidade, articulaÃÃo e a concentraÃÃo de sujeitos envolvidos no processo e disponÃveis para as entrevistas. O levantamento documental e bibliogrÃfico serviu para contextualizar e fundamentar o estudo, dentre os instrumentos de registro, ressaltamos o uso de diÃrio de campo, mÃquina fotogrÃfico e gravador, utilizados como instrumentos metodolÃgicos: entrevistas semiestruturadas, entrevistas do tipo grupo focal, conversas informais, observaÃÃo participativa e visitas domiciliares, observando antagonismos culturais, compreendendo o real atravÃs das contradiÃÃes sociais pela perspectiva dos prÃprios sujeitos. A organizaÃÃo e seleÃÃo dos dados se deram atravÃs do mÃtodo de anÃlise de conteÃdo por meio das unidades de conteÃdo e contexto, quando se afirmaram Ãs categorias de anÃlises: contribuiÃÃo do Curso, inserÃÃo produtiva e prÃtica pedagÃgica. Contamos com as contribuiÃÃes de Freire (2011, 2014), BrandÃo (2006) e Ribeiro (2010) que dialogam e problematizam Ãs questÃes e inquietaÃÃes levantadas, ajudando na elaboraÃÃo e nos processos estudados dentro das categorias conceituais: educaÃÃo do campo, juventude rural e inserÃÃo produtiva. / The present study studies the pedagogical action carried out by the Course: Training of Rural Youth for the Strengthening of Peasant Agriculture in the Semi-arid Cearense, offered by UNILAB / 2013-2014. Watching three hundred young people from the territories of CrateÃs, Canindà and Itapipoca. After each pedagogical action, it is imperative to know if its objectives have been reached. In this direction, the problem that the research raises is the contribution of the UNILAB Course in the professional activity of the trainees related to the productive insertion towards the improvement of life. Reference framework: qualitative research of the descriptive-explanatory type, the strategy applied will be a case study, with research conceptions and historical materialism, I worked with primary and secondary data, the research unit was the Jatobà Community of the Umbelinos in the territory of CrateÃs, for the mobility, articulation and concentration of subjects involved in the process and available for interviews. The documentary and bibliographical survey served to contextualize and to base the study, among the recording instruments, I emphasize the use of field diary, camera and recorder, where I used as methodological instruments: semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, informal conversations, participatory observation and home visits, observing cultural antagonisms, I tried to understand the real through social contradictions from the perspective of the subjects themselves. The organization and selection of the data were done through the content analysis method through the units of content and context, when the categories of analysis were affirmed: contribution of the Course, productive insertion and pedagogical practice. I counted on the contributions of Freire (2011, 2014), BrandÃo (2006) and Ribeiro (2010) who dialogued and problematized the questions and concerns raised, helping in the elaboration and processes studied within the conceptual categories: rural education, rural youth and productive insertion.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:13:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Maria_E_C_Rodrigues 2008.pdf: 1613010 bytes, checksum: faab0bb2a6d6f33a004f0f339b166bfe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-11 / Our Subject of study in the line research the Education, Work and Social Moviments of the Education Doctorate, the Movement of Basic Education in Goiás (MEB-Goiás), in the 1960s, carried out the process of adult education in rural areas, through the radio. It is a case built through the review of the literature related to the theme; by the analysis of documents (books, newspapers, texts, theses and dissertations, literature, poetry, songs, letters, interviews etc.), that recover stories of life and actions of those who built the MEB-Goiás, pursuing to capture theoretical and philosophicalpolitical benchmarks which influenced and argued its political-educational practice. The datas were analyzed based on readings of works from authors like Amado, Bosi, Brandão, Chardin, Fávero, Freire, Kadt, Lima e Arantes, Mounier, Peixoto Filho, Pessoa, Queiroz, Thompson, Vaz, and others. The analysis of the MEB-Goiás, in 1961 the 1966, indicated that the political and educational practice historically situated and therefore with the peasants, was a result of a possible construction, because of the confluence of a number of factors, like: the historic moment; the histories of life, commitment and militancy of Team Central and monitors the movement, supporting popular adults literacy/education articulated to the aims and needs of workers from rural areas; the dialogue with the theoretical reference from MEB-Nacional, from national and international authors in Church, social movements and popular education; the option, from the end of 1962, for a critical and transforming education. / Nosso objeto de estudo na linha de pesquisa Educação, Trabalho e Movimentos Sociais do Doutorado em Educação, o Movimento de Educação de Base em Goiás (MEB-Goiás), nos anos 1960, realizou o processo de educação de adultos no meio rural, através do rádio. Trata-se de um estudo de caso construído com base na revisão da literatura relacionada ao tema; da análise de documentos (livros, jornais, textos, teses e dissertações, literatura, poesias, músicas, cartas, entrevistas etc.) que recuperam histórias de vida e atuação daqueles que construíram o MEB-Goiás, buscando captar os referenciais teóricos e político-filosóficos que influenciaram e sustentaram sua prática político-pedagógica. Analisamos os dados à luz do referencial pautado nas leituras de autoria de Amado, Bosi, Brandão, Chardin, Fávero, Freire, Lima e Arantes, Mounier, Peixoto Filho, Pessoa, Pierrard, Queiroz, Thompson, Vaz, dentre outros. A análise do trabalho do MEB-Goiás, de 1961 a 1966, indicou que a prática político-pedagógica historicamente situada e conseqüente com os trabalhadores rurais foi resultado de uma construção possível, graças à confluência de vários fatores, entre eles: o momento histórico; as histórias de vida, compromisso e militância dos membros da Equipe Central e monitores do Movimento, em prol da alfabetização/educação popular de adultos, articulada aos interesses e necessidades dos trabalhadores do meio rural; a interlocução com o referencial teórico advindo do MEB-Nacional, de autores nacionais e internacionais seja no campo da Igreja, dos movimentos sociais e de educação popular; a opção, a partir do final de 1962, por uma educação crítica e transformadora.

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Esta pesquisa aborda as chamadas políticas de diversidade na educação e sua contribuição para o reconhecimento e a promoção dos direitos humanos e a superação do racismo, do sexismo, da homofobia e das demais desigualdades e discriminações que marcam profundamente a sociedade e a educação brasileiras. Com base nas vozes de gestores/as públicos/as e ativistas da sociedade civil, na análise documental e da execução orçamentária e na experiência política da pesquisadora, é apresentado um balanço sobre os dez anos de existência da Secretaria de Educação Continuada, Alfabetização e Diversidade (Secad), órgão do Ministério da Educação criado no primeiro governo do Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Em especial, buscou-se identificar as provocações e os tensionamentos gerados pelas agendas das diversidades para o atual desenho, funcionamento e institucionalidade das políticas educacionais e sua influência nas concepções de qualidade educacional em disputa nas políticas federais. Essas disputas estiveram presentes nas Conferências Nacionais de Educação e no processo conflitivo de tramitação do novo Plano Nacional de Educação (Lei Federal n. 13.005/2014), analisados neste trabalho. Respaldado por convenções e pelas resoluções internacionais das Conferências da ONU e por normativas nacionais, o debate sobre diferenças ganhou espaço na agenda das políticas educacionais brasileiras. Essa discussão foi impulsionada por movimentos sociais negros, indígenas, LGBTs, feministas, de trabalhadores do campo, de pessoas com deficiências, de quilombolas, ambientalistas e por agendas de fronteira na efetividade do direito humano à educação, como a educação de jovens e adultos, a educação em territórios de alta vulnerabilidade social e a educação de pessoas privadas de liberdade, entre outras. Apresenta-se, neste trabalho, uma contribuição teórica ao debate sobre a relação entre qualidade educacional, diferenças e igualdades, com base nas teorias críticas de justiça social. Discutem-se as possibilidades de a noção da diversidade constituir uma resposta interseccional às múltiplas discriminações e desigualdades que atingem os sujeitos concretos no cotidiano da vida e, especificamente, nas instituições educacionais. Ao final da tese, embasadas na definição do contexto de estratégia política de Stephen Ball e nas contribuições para o aperfeiçoamento das políticas 14 previstas na metodologia de análise das políticas públicas, são apresentadas reflexões comprometidas com a ampliação da capacidade das políticas educacionais no sentido de dar respostas a essas agendas, em uma perspectiva de promoção da justiça na educação no marco dos direitos humanos. / This research addresses the so-called policies of diversity in education and their contribution to the recognition and promotion of human rights and the overcoming of racism, sexism, homophobia and other inequalities and discrimination that profoundly shape society and education in Brazil. Based on the voices of public sector managers and civil society activists, analysis of documents, budget execution, and the political experience of the researcher, this research presents a balance on the ten years of the Secretariat for Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity (Secad), the Ministry of Education body established in the first government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In particular, this thesis sought to identify the tensions generated by the agendas of diversities for the current design, operation and legal framework of the education policies and their influence on educational quality conceptions under dispute in federal policies. Disputes present in the National Conferences on Education and in the conflicting process during the discussion preceding the approval of the new National Education Plan (Federal Law n. 13,005/2014) are also analysed. Backed by international conventions and resolutions of United Nations conferences and national regulations, the debate over differences gained ground in the agenda of the Brazilian educational policies. This discussion was stimulated by social movements of black people, indigenous communities, LGBT, feminists, persons with disabilities, quilombolas, environmentalists and marginalized issues concerning the effectiveness of the human right to education, such as youth and adult education, the education in territories with high level of social vulnerability, and education of people deprived of their freedom, among other groups. It also presents a theoretical contribution to the debate on the relationship between educational quality, differences and equalities, based on the critical theories of social justice. Furthermore, the work discusses how the notion of diversity could be an inter-sectional response to multiple discrimination and inequalities that affect the concrete subjects in everyday life and, specifically, in educational institutions. At the end of the thesis, supported in the definition of the context of political strategy by Stephen Ball and contributions to improving the policies 16 contained in the analysis methodology on public policies, it shows reflections committed to expanding the capacity of educational policies to respond to these agendas, under a perspective of promoting justice in education within the human rights framework.

This thesis is a reflective exploration of the use and impact of using drama pedagogies in the English as a Second Language (ESL)/ English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. It stems from the problem of secondary school English language learning in Malaysia, where current teaching practices appear to have led to the decline of the standard of English as a second language in school leavers and university graduates (Abdul Rahman, 1997; Carol Ong Teck Lan, Anne Leong Chooi Khaun, & Singh, 2011; Hazita et al., 2010; Nalliah & Thiyagarajah, 1999). This problem resonates with my own experiences at school, as a secondary school student, an ESL teacher and, later, as a teacher trainer. Consequently, these experiences led me to explore alternative or supplementary teaching methodologies that could enhance the ESL learning experience, drawing initially from drama techniques such as those advocated by Maley and Duff (1983), Wessels (1987), and Di Pietro (1983), and later from process drama pedagogies such as those advocated by Greenwood (2005); Heathcote and Bolton (1995); Kao and O'Neill (1998), and Miller and Saxton (2004). This thesis is an account of my own exploration in adapting drama pedagogies to ESL/EFL teaching. It examines ways in which drama pedagogies might increase motivation and competency in English language learning. The main methodology of the study is that of reflective practice (e.g. Griffiths & Tann, 1992; Zeichner & Liston, 1996). It tracks a learning journey, where I critically reflect on my learning, exploring and implementing such pedagogical approaches as well as evaluate their impact on my students’ learning. These critical reflections arise from three case studies, based on three different contexts: the first a New Zealand English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class in an intermediate school, the second a Malaysian ESL class in a rural secondary school, and the third an English proficiency class of adult learners in a language school. Data for the study were obtained through the following: research journal and reflective memo; observation and field notes; interview; social media; students’ class work; discussion with co-researchers; and through the literature of the field. A major teaching methodology that emerges from the reflective cycles is that of staging the textbook, where the textbook section to be used for the teaching programme is distilled, and the key focuses of the language, skills, vocabulary, and themes to be learnt are identified and extracted. A layer of drama is matched with these distilled elements and then ‘staged’ on top of the textbook unit, incorporating context-setting opportunities, potential for a story, potential for tension or complication, and the target language elements. The findings that emerge through critical reflection in the study relate to the drama methodologies that I learn and acquire, the impact of these methodologies on students, the role of culture in the application of drama methodologies, and language learning and acquisition. These findings have a number of implications. Firstly, they show how an English Language Teaching (ELT) practitioner might use drama methodologies and what their impact is on student learning. While the focus is primarily on the Malaysian context, aspects of the findings may resonate internationally. Secondly, they suggest a model of reflective practice that can be used by other ELT practitioners who are interested in using drama methodologies in their teaching. Thirdly, these findings also point towards the development of a more comprehensive syllabus for using drama pedagogies, as well as the development of reflective practice, in the teacher training programmes in Malaysia. The use of drama pedagogies for language learning is a field that has not been researched in a Malaysian context. Therefore, this account of reflective practice offers a platform for further research and reflection in this context.

The aim of this study was to investigate the responsiveness of rural primary schools in Zimbabwe to the needs of in-school OVC. The study adopted a qualitative approach in which the phenomenological and case study designs were employed to study in-school OVC in their natural setting. The target population for the study comprises OVCs, principals and school counsellors. From this population, a sample of 24 participants was purposively drawn. Data was collected from the participants in the three sampled rural primary schools in Masvingo district through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis and observation. Tesch’s model was applied to analyse data qualitatively. The study revealed that rural primary schools’ capacity to address the needs of in-school OVC was deemed ineffective by all the participants due to a myriad of factors which include inter-alia: lack of specialist school-counsellors; lack of funds to initiate school-based projects aimed to assist OVC; lack of a comprehensive school-feeding scheme; and a dearth of workshops to equip principals and teachers with knowledge to handle and deal with OVC. To improve the responsiveness of schools to the needs of OVC the study recommends that the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education should train specialist counsellors in teachers’ colleges. The study also recommends that the government should increase funds allocated for the Basic Education Assisted Module scheme to cater for more OVC. In addition, the study recommends that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should conduct workshops in schools on how to deal with challenges confronting OVC. Lastly a model to improve rural primary schools’ capacity to address the needs of OVC was suggested, which proposes partnerships among stakeholders in projects aimed at supporting in-school OVC. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Socio-Education)

CARVALHO, Sandra Maria Gadelha. Educação do campo: PRONERA, uma política pública em construção. 2006. 226f. Tese (Doutorado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2006. / Submitted by Liliane oliveira (morena.liliane@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-25T11:53:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_SMGCARVALHO.pdf: 3773579 bytes, checksum: d7f9ab1d92cabff9c85a73ce79e87d5c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-07-25T15:57:08Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_SMGCARVALHO.pdf: 3773579 bytes, checksum: d7f9ab1d92cabff9c85a73ce79e87d5c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-25T15:57:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_SMGCARVALHO.pdf: 3773579 bytes, checksum: d7f9ab1d92cabff9c85a73ce79e87d5c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Since the 1990´s, landless workers movement (MST) have fought for rural education guaranteed by a political pedagogical proposal due to the high illiteracy rate in the areas of land settlement in Brazil. Regarding the Education of Youth and Adults (Educação de Jovens e Adultos –EJA),several Brazilian States integrated the National Education Program in Agrarian Reform Areas (PRONERA), which focuses on adult literacy and Basic education of teachers that are working in land settlements. This program has been conducted in parternship with government agencies and State and Federal Universities of Ceará. This research aimed to analyze PRONERA evaluating how representative it is regarding public policies, specifically EJA in Rural Areas. This was based on the experience developed in Santa Barbara´s rural settlement within the municipality of Caucaia-Ceará, from 1999 to 2005. Empirical data were collected through interviews, informal conversations and group activities with teachers, students and coordinators of EJA. There were also classroom activities and research on basic literature and documents about PRONERA. The diversity of courses was developed with many difficulties, such as: inadequate places, poor teaching materials, including vision deficiencies for the elderly and delays in fund transfers for the program. These problems were observed in three EJA´s classrooms. In spite of mentioned difficulties, teachers and students have persevered and collectively reflected the land settlement’s problems in classroom, such as fish farming and beekeeping for income raising. PRONERA has generated a significant improvement in the education of Santa Barbara´s settlement and has brought the opportunity of eight teachers receiving the degree in the Pedagogy Course. This enabled the creation of the Center for Childhood Education and increased the number of enrollments from the 5th to th 8th grade in the supplemental educational system. The partnership among MST and state institutions such as: the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA), the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA - Ceará), the Federal University and State University of Ceará (UFC/ UECE) and the Department of Basic Education of Ceará (SEDUC), experienced by PRONERA, induced a significant learning for all the land settlers. This was expressed in relation to the experience of land conflict, definition of roles and functions, and the confrontation of social and scientific knowledge. It is clear that PRONERA as a public policy in development is, in fact, revealing the relationship between civil society and State. This has been crucial to democracy, both guaranteeing the right to education and expanding the public sphere with the participation of State and social movements in policy management / O alto índice de analfabetismo nas áreas de assentamento em nosso país levou o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) a lutar por uma educação do campo expressa em proposta político-pedagógica própria, desde a década de 1990. No tocante à educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), a partir da sua iniciativa, constituiu-se em vários Estados brasileiros o Programa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária (PRONERA), voltado para alfabetização de adultos e escolarização dos professores que atuam no assentamento. No Ceará este programa tem sido efetivado em parceria com órgãos governamentais e universidades publicas estaduais e federal. Esta investigação teve como objetivo analisar o PRONERA avaliando em que medida representou uma política pública de EJA no campo, com base na experiência do Assentamento Santa Bárbara, no município de Caucaia, Ceará, no período de 1999 a 2005. Os dados empíricos foram colhidos mediante de entrevista, conversas informais e dinâmicas de grupo com professores, alunos e coordenadores da EJA. Realizaram-se também observação em sala de aula e pesquisa bibliográfica e documental sobre o PRONERA. Conforme constatou-se, nas três salas do EJA no assentamento integradas ao PRONERA, desenvolveram-se as aulas com diversas dificuldades, tais como: locais inadequados, insuficiência de materiais pedagógicos, atrasos nos repasses de verbas no programa e até problemas de visão dos alunos mais idosos. Todavia professores e alunos têm perseverado e refletido coletivamente nas salas sobre os problemas do assentamento, chegando-se a debater sobre os projetos de geração de renda, como piscicultura e apicultura. Com o PRONERA, aconteceu significativo avanço do setor de educação no assentamento, expresso na conclusão do Curso de Pedagogia por oito professores que lá residem e trabalham, isto possibilitou a constituição do Núcleo de Educação Infantil, e a ampliação da oferta educacional de 5ª a 8ª séries em regime supletivo. A parceria vivenciada no PRONERA entre o MST e instituições estatais, como: Ministério de Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA – Ceará), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) e Secretaria da Educação Básica do Ceará (SEDUC) significou aprendizado para todos em relação à vivência dos conflitos, delimitação de papéis e funções, e confrontos de saberes sociais e conhecimentos sistematizados. Evidencia-se o PRONERA como uma política pública em construção, revelando que a relação sociedade civil/Estado instituída nesse processo é fundamental à efetivação da democracia, tanto pela garantia do direito à educação, quanto pela ampliação da esfera pública estatal constituída pela participação dos movimentos sociais na gestão da política

Esta pesquisa aborda as chamadas políticas de diversidade na educação e sua contribuição para o reconhecimento e a promoção dos direitos humanos e a superação do racismo, do sexismo, da homofobia e das demais desigualdades e discriminações que marcam profundamente a sociedade e a educação brasileiras. Com base nas vozes de gestores/as públicos/as e ativistas da sociedade civil, na análise documental e da execução orçamentária e na experiência política da pesquisadora, é apresentado um balanço sobre os dez anos de existência da Secretaria de Educação Continuada, Alfabetização e Diversidade (Secad), órgão do Ministério da Educação criado no primeiro governo do Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Em especial, buscou-se identificar as provocações e os tensionamentos gerados pelas agendas das diversidades para o atual desenho, funcionamento e institucionalidade das políticas educacionais e sua influência nas concepções de qualidade educacional em disputa nas políticas federais. Essas disputas estiveram presentes nas Conferências Nacionais de Educação e no processo conflitivo de tramitação do novo Plano Nacional de Educação (Lei Federal n. 13.005/2014), analisados neste trabalho. Respaldado por convenções e pelas resoluções internacionais das Conferências da ONU e por normativas nacionais, o debate sobre diferenças ganhou espaço na agenda das políticas educacionais brasileiras. Essa discussão foi impulsionada por movimentos sociais negros, indígenas, LGBTs, feministas, de trabalhadores do campo, de pessoas com deficiências, de quilombolas, ambientalistas e por agendas de fronteira na efetividade do direito humano à educação, como a educação de jovens e adultos, a educação em territórios de alta vulnerabilidade social e a educação de pessoas privadas de liberdade, entre outras. Apresenta-se, neste trabalho, uma contribuição teórica ao debate sobre a relação entre qualidade educacional, diferenças e igualdades, com base nas teorias críticas de justiça social. Discutem-se as possibilidades de a noção da diversidade constituir uma resposta interseccional às múltiplas discriminações e desigualdades que atingem os sujeitos concretos no cotidiano da vida e, especificamente, nas instituições educacionais. Ao final da tese, embasadas na definição do contexto de estratégia política de Stephen Ball e nas contribuições para o aperfeiçoamento das políticas 14 previstas na metodologia de análise das políticas públicas, são apresentadas reflexões comprometidas com a ampliação da capacidade das políticas educacionais no sentido de dar respostas a essas agendas, em uma perspectiva de promoção da justiça na educação no marco dos direitos humanos. / This research addresses the so-called policies of diversity in education and their contribution to the recognition and promotion of human rights and the overcoming of racism, sexism, homophobia and other inequalities and discrimination that profoundly shape society and education in Brazil. Based on the voices of public sector managers and civil society activists, analysis of documents, budget execution, and the political experience of the researcher, this research presents a balance on the ten years of the Secretariat for Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity (Secad), the Ministry of Education body established in the first government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In particular, this thesis sought to identify the tensions generated by the agendas of diversities for the current design, operation and legal framework of the education policies and their influence on educational quality conceptions under dispute in federal policies. Disputes present in the National Conferences on Education and in the conflicting process during the discussion preceding the approval of the new National Education Plan (Federal Law n. 13,005/2014) are also analysed. Backed by international conventions and resolutions of United Nations conferences and national regulations, the debate over differences gained ground in the agenda of the Brazilian educational policies. This discussion was stimulated by social movements of black people, indigenous communities, LGBT, feminists, persons with disabilities, quilombolas, environmentalists and marginalized issues concerning the effectiveness of the human right to education, such as youth and adult education, the education in territories with high level of social vulnerability, and education of people deprived of their freedom, among other groups. It also presents a theoretical contribution to the debate on the relationship between educational quality, differences and equalities, based on the critical theories of social justice. Furthermore, the work discusses how the notion of diversity could be an inter-sectional response to multiple discrimination and inequalities that affect the concrete subjects in everyday life and, specifically, in educational institutions. At the end of the thesis, supported in the definition of the context of political strategy by Stephen Ball and contributions to improving the policies 16 contained in the analysis methodology on public policies, it shows reflections committed to expanding the capacity of educational policies to respond to these agendas, under a perspective of promoting justice in education within the human rights framework.

This study explores the changing nature of filial piety in contemporary society in rural China. With the economic, social and political upheavals that followed the Revolution, can 'great peace under heaven' still be found for the rural Chinese family as in the traditional Confucian proverb,"make yourself useful, look after your family, look after your country, and all is peaceful under heaven"? This study explores this question, in terms not so much of financial prosperity, but of non-tangible cultural values of filial piety, changing familial and gender roles, and economic migration. In particular, it examines how macro level changes in economic, social and demographic policies have affected family life in rural China. The primary policies examined were collectivisation, the hukou registration system, marketization, and the One-Child policy. Ethnographic interviews reveal how migration has affected rural family structures beyond the usual quantifiable economic measures. Using the village of Meijia, Sichuan province, as a paradigmatic sample of family, where members have moved to work in the cities, leaving their children behind with the grandparents, the study demonstrates how migration and modernization are reshaping familial roles, changing filial expectations, reshuffling notions of care-taking, and transforming traditional views on the value of daughters and daughters-in-law. The study concludes that the choices families make around migration, child-rearing and elder-care cannot be fully explained by either an income diversification model or a survival model, but rather through notions of filial piety. Yet the concept of filial piety itself is changing, particularly in relation to gender and perceptions about the worth of daughters and the mother/ daughter-in-law relationship. Understanding these new family dynamics will be important for both policy planners and economic analysts.