The Challenges of Education in Brazil

2004 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Education In Brazil

Achieving World-Class Education in Brazil

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Bruns ◽  
David Evans ◽  
Javier Luque
Keyword(s):  
World Class ◽  
Education In Brazil

scholarly journals SOBRAMFA has promoted family medicine education in Brazil since 1992

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo González Blasco ◽  
Adriana F T Roncoletta ◽  
Graziela Moreto ◽  
Maria A C de Benedetto ◽  
Marcelo Levites ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Education In Brazil ◽  
Medicine Education

Multicultural Challenges in Educational Policies within a Non-Conservative Scenario: The Case of the Emerging Reforms in Higher Education in Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Canen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Education In Brazil

The article discusses the extent to which multiculturalism has had an impact in the emerging reforms in higher education in Brazil, against the backdrop of the rise of a new non-Conservative, Labour-oriented government whose political agenda is marked by a discursive stand against conservatism, neo-liberalism and neocolonialism. Building on a postcolonial critical multicultural approach and on the need to include ideology in discussions concerning educational reform, it argues that educational policies should work towards valuing cultural diversity and challenging discriminatory practices without falling into dichotomies that freeze subject and institutional identities and fail to consider their mobility, hybridization and contingency. It then proposes alternative perspectives to consider future policies in education that take multiculturalism on board in a transformational perspective.

Strategies to promote sustainability in higher education institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 1018-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issa Ibrahim Berchin ◽  
Vanessa dos Santos Grando ◽  
Gabriela Almeida Marcon ◽  
Louise Corseuil ◽  
José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Sustainability In Higher Education ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Education In Brazil

Purpose This paper aims to analyze strategies that promote sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on the case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The research was based on a scientific literature review on sustainability in HEIs, to identify the recurrent actions for sustainability in these institutions; and a case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil, to illustrate how these actions are being implemented by HEIs. Findings Concerns about sustainability, prompted by the Brazilian federal legislature, led federal HEI to change its internal processes, infrastructure and organizational culture toward sustainability. Practical implications The findings presented in this study, more specifically the sustainability plan of the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Santa Catarina, aligned with the recommendations proposed, can be used and replicated in other HEIs. Originality/value Scientific literature about organizational changes led by sustainability concerns, in HEIs specifically, still needs more attention in the academia. By addressing the case of a Brazilian public institution of higher education, this paper contributes to the literature on sustainability in higher education by reporting the process of implementation of a sustainability plan.

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