Rui Barbosa: mito, memória e esquecimento

The remembrance of Rui Barbosa has always involved the maintenance of myths fabricated during his lifetime while a reappraisal of his intellectual, literary and political dimensions has been forwarded. Current essay discusses from several bibliographical samples on Brazilian social thought the manner the memory of the lawgiver from Bahia has been appropriated civically and intellectually. A qualitative and quantitative contrast was established between Barbosa’s works published and referred to and those by Joaquim Nabuco, Sílvio Romero and Gilberto Freyre. Oscillations in the evaluation of Barbosa’s works occurred during the 20th century that brought about a decrease in their value and about the memory on the historical subject.

Prácticas de alimentación complementaria en niños dentro del primer año de vida

This study aimed to investigate complementary feeding practices during children's first year of life in Botucatu, SP, Brazil. Practices were described according to the age range and the breastfeeding (BF) practice. Data were collected during a multi-vaccination campaign through the interview of 1,238 individuals who accompanied children younger than one year old being vaccinated. Differences associated with the BF situation were identified by the chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. The early introduction of complementary food was observed, which led to the low frequency of exclusive breastfeeding (36.9% <4 months). Children younger than 4 months old consumed tea (30.7%); children between 4 and 6 months old consumed fruits (54.1%), soups (39.9%) and home-made food (19.2%). Juice was offered only to 15.2% of children younger than 4 months old who were completed weaned, 60% of the children was offered water. Data show that the consistence of the food consumed was inappropriate: children between 6 and 8 months old were offered the family's regular food (48.8%) and children older than 8 months (71.6%) were offered soup. Therefore, interventions focused on complementary feeding are justified on the city.

Entre la formación escolar y la educación a lo largo de la vida: los modos de cuidado ético y del pensar la diferencia en la experiencia educativa

Este ensayo procura analizar el tema de la educación a lo largo de la vida en su intersección con la escuela. En oposición a las perspectivas teóricas que defienden una posible conciliación entre vida y escuela, evidenciamos la tensión existente entre esas dos esferas, al hacer el análisis de los temas de la experiencia con el nacimiento, con la muerte y con la diferencia, y señalamos que su reflexión invita a los sujetos de la praxis educativa a una actitud ética de cuidado para con el otro, para con uno mismo y para que el otro cuide del cuidado de uno, que, de modo complementario a los saberes y prácticas escolares, posibilita una formación continuada que implica la transformación de sí mismo. Eso porque, teniendo como referencia el pensamiento de Arendt y Foucault, comprendemos que la vida transborda a los saberes y prácticas escolares, ofreciéndonos lo que pensar en la praxis educativa y haciendo que los sujetos de esa praxis aprendan a ubicarse entre la vida y la escuela, a la búsqueda de nuevos sentidos para ellos y de resistencia a lo que existe mientras se transforman a sí mismos. Así, buscamos ofrecer a los educadores algunos problemas de la vida que interfieren en la praxis educativa, que repercuten en su experiencia y que hacen pensar sobre aquello que les queda.

El desarrollo tecnológico en la vida cotidiana: influencias sociales comprendidas por universitarios brasileños

This paper, trying to understand how society influences technological development in daily life, developed a theoretical model, translated into a Likert scale, to be applicable to Brazilians undergraduate students from Sao Paulo. The social indicators that are presented in this scale were generated from content analysis in the process of construction and presentation of qualitative results which are the goals of this article. So it is possible to point out that the sample of undergraduates students surveyed points to the government, educational and research institutions, companies and citizens, as the main social actors strictly responsible for technology choices. The result allows brief reflections on the social influence on technology choices in daily life.