Women on March in Goa : the gender transition in Higher Education after the Statehood

This paper attempts to address the interesting phenomenon of dominance of women in higher educational sector of Goa-a remarkable postcolonial event which occurred after Goa attained statehood in 1987. The Indian state of Goa has been experiencing a rapid socio-economic and cultural transformation. At present it enjoys many of the highest human development indicators in India, matching some of the developed countries. Its’ projected population at present is 1.45 million (Indian decennial census 2001 reported 1.348 million). When the Portuguese rule ended, the literacy was just 31 % whereas it stood at 82 % in 2001. Goa is a highly urbanized state in India. In 1960 there were just five towns and 15 % urban population. In 2001 the figures were, 44 towns and 50 % urban population. On economic front Goa has made tremendous progress mainly on account of the growth of mining, tourism and the service sector. Tourist arrivals in Goa have exceeded the state’s population from 2001. The Gross state domestic product (GSDP) at current prices in 2003-04 was Indian Rupees (Rs.) 96570 million, up from Rs. 3930 million when Goa became a full-fledged state. The banks are flush with funds indicating a booming economy. Goa has lowest birth and death rates and a life expectancy of 68 years for the males and 72 for females. The sex ratio however has shown a declining trend since 1960, from 1066 to 960 in 2001 (Table 1).The sex ratio for 0-6 years age group was 933. On this background we intend to examine the changing pattern of female education in Goa.

Importância das actividades físicas desportivas no desenvolvimento motor dos alunos

RESUMO: Com o presente estudo pretendeu-se conhecer qual a relação entre os alunos que participaram nas Actividades Físicas Desportivas (AFD) no 1º ciclo em conjunto com Actividade Física Extra-Escola, e os alunos que participaram apenas numa dessas variáveis. Sobretudo pretende-se verificar se os alunos que tiveram Actividade Física Desportiva (AFD) no 1º ciclo e participaram em Actividades Extra-Escola, como por exemplo Futebol, Ginástica ou Natação nos clubes, demonstram maiores competências em relação aos alunos que não frequentaram pelo menos uma das Actividades (AFD e/ou Actividade Física Extra-Escola). O estudo foi realizado através das aulas do desempenho dos alunos no 2 º ciclo do Ensino Básico na disciplina de Educação Física. Através da classificação final do 1 º período, dos alunos do 5 º ano, verificar-se-á se os alunos que praticaram mais Actividade Física (AF) têm maiores competências do que os alunos que praticaram menos AF. A amostra foi constituída por 119 alunos do 5 º ano de escolaridade (57 do Sexo Feminino), com idades compreendidas entre os 10 anos e os 13 anos. Foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: consulta dos dados da avaliação dos alunos do 5 º ano e questionário de atitudes aplicado aos alunos. Os dados foram tratados estatisticamente através do programa informático EZanalyze versão 3.0 para o Windows. ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to know what the relation between the students who participated in activities physical Sports, in 1 º Cycle activities physical extra-school, and students who participated in only one of these variables. Primarily intended to verify that students who had activities physical Sports in 1 º Cycle and participated in activities outside school, such as Football, in the clubs, show more skills in relation to students who have not attended the activities of at least one. This study was conducted by the school performance of students in 2 º Cycle of basic education in Physical Education. Through the end of grading, students of five years, there would be the students who practiced more physical activities have higher skills than students who performed less physical activity, especially during the first cycle route. The sample consisted of 119 students from 5 º years of schooling (57 female), aged 10 years and 13 years. Will use the following instruments: consultation of data from assessment of students in five years and attitudes questionnaire applied to pupils. The data were treated statistically using the computer program EZ analyze version 3.0 for Windows.

Fifty Years After Angicos : Paulo Freire, Popular Education and the Struggle for a Better World that is Possible

The main thesis of this paper is that Freire’s original experience in Angicos anticipated a grand design for social transformation of educational systems. As such it brought together two key concepts that formulated the basis of his educational system: popular culture as an counter-hegemonic project and popular education, more particularly what was later called citizen schools or public popular education as keystone of his new educational system. I use the term Paulo Freire System to show that his original attempts were not only to challenge pedagogical the prevailing banking education system that was so pervasive in Brazil and Latin American at the time. In challenging the hegemony of banking education, its narrative, theoretical foundations, epistemology and methodology, Freire and his team sought to create a new system that could replace the old one. They saw banking education not only as obsolete in terms of modernization of systems but also oppressive in gnoseological, epistemological and political terms. In the conclusion of this paper I will discuss the twins obsessions of Freire, already present in the Angicos experience and that will stay with him throughout his life: the relationship between democracy, citizenship and education, and education as a postcolonial ethical act of social transformation. I would like to emphasize therefore that the Paulo Freire system, as conceived in the Angicos experience and its aftermath was a much larger and comprehensive system that originally considered, even by his critics.