eprintid: 10021768
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 587
dir: disk0/00/02/17/68
datestamp: 2015-05-06 13:13:06
lastmod: 2017-12-07 21:39:48
status_changed: 2015-05-06 13:13:06
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Tollini, Ignez Martins.
title: In search of elementary education: the case of Brazil.
ispublished: unpub
subjects: IE
divisions: B14
keywords: Brazil,Primary education,State and education,Educational policy,Politics and education,Democratisation
abstract: This thesis examines the inability of the Brazilian State to accomplish
effectively its constitutional duty to deliver elementary education to all children of 7 to
14 years of age. The overall argument in this thesis is that there is a lack of "political
will- on the part of the Brazilian State to resolve this problem. The concept of "lack of
political will is theorised as "lack of conditions existing in the State enabling it to be
an actor in elementary education". The thesis has six chapters. Chapter One introduces
the problem, the arguments, and the structure of the thesis, and discusses the
theoretical basis of the thesis. Chapter Two tests the arguments against data on the
relationship of the State to elementary education in the Vargas Era (1930-1945).
Chapter Three tests the arguments against data on the relationship of the State to
elementary education during the Redemocratisation Period (1946-1964). Chapter Four
compares the arguments with data on the State's relationship to elementary education
during the Military Regime (1964-1985). Chapter Five examines the arguments in
relation to data on the relationship of the State with elementary education in the period
of the New Republic and the Collor Government (1985-1992). Finally, Chapter Six
presents the Conclusions and Recommendations of the thesis. The main conclusion of
the thesis is that it is possible to create the necessary conditions for the State to
function as an actor in elementary education.
date: 1997
date_type: completed
oa_status: green
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
pages: 279
institution: Institute of Education, University of London
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Tollini, Ignez Martins.;      (1997)    In search of elementary education: the case of Brazil.                   Doctoral thesis , Institute of Education, University of London.     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10021768/1/149011.pdf