Maria Aparecida Santos E C And Os Book

Language: en
Pages: 258

A Discontented Diaspora

Author(s): Jeff Lesser

Categories: History

Type: Book
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Published: 2007-09-14
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Publisher: Duke University Press

DIVAnalyzes the experiences of a generation of Japanese-Brazilians in Sao Paulo during the most authoritarian period of military rule in order to ask questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. /div

Language: en
Pages: 325

Ubiratan D’Ambrosio and Mathematics Education

Author(s): Marcelo C. Borba, Daniel C. Orey

Categories: Education

Type: Book
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Published: 2023-06-24
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Publisher: Springer Nature

This edited volume is written in memoriam of Professor Emeritus Ubiratan D’Ambrosio (1932 – 2021), who was a well-known Brazilian mathematics educator and historian of mathematics. This book explores the diverse facets of D’Ambrosio’s work as well as his legacy and the later adaptation of his ideas around the globe. It starts with a preface written by his son, Alexandre D' Ambrosio, who shares his personal experiences growing up with this father and his love for discovery. The book is then divided into four sections: Past and Future: Ubi’s Way of Seeing Education in the Present Roots of Ethnomathematics Ethnomathematics in Action Trends in Ethnomathematics It features diverse point...

Language: en
Pages: 465

Neoliberalism or Developmentalism

Categories: Social Science

Type: Book
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Published: 2021-12-20
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Publisher: BRILL

This book collects essays on the political economy of Brazil, focusing on the federal administrations led by the Workers’ Party (PT), under Presidents Lula and Dilma Rousseff. The essays examine the economic, political, and social aspects of these governments, and a whole spectrum of policies implemented – or not – between 2003 and 2016, with implications for the subsequent period up to, and including, the administration led by Jair Bolsonaro. It is shown that those governments were neoliberal, but in different ways when compared with other administrations in that country. Their similarities and differences are examined in detail. Contributors are: Adalmir Antonio Marquetti, Alessandro...