Scientific pedagogy at the end of the 19th century: Some readings and writings in the Portuguese debate

Through the text presented we intend to outline the debate that occurred in Portugal in the transition from the 19th to the 20th centuries. At the time, the imperatives of scientific development had reached education as a basis for the national prosperity. It was believed that Portugal had fallen behind in comparison to the other European countries because it was not capable of constructing a civilization directed by scientific criteria, through the expansion and spreading of culture. The debate over the extension of schools to increasingly broader segments of the population acquires a different meaning when the theorist of Education make use of language from several other areas of knowledge in order to create a mosaic of what has become known, since that time, as the Science of Education.

Ações afirmativas e o debate sobre racismo no Brasil

The affirmative action issue has split the public opinion and heated up the academic debate. While some experts and black activists see the affirmatives actions as a way to fight racism, since the positive discrimination could help the historically underprivileged to create and empower a positive identity, others see such measures as a dangerous attack against the traditional brazilian way of dealing with human differences. The latter fear that such policies may unleash racial conflicts. Although both sides barely explain what they mean for racism and how they understand that social phenomenon, it is possible to discern in those discourses different lines of argument, which can be related to different theoretical orientations about the analysis of such concepts as race and color.

El debate internacional sobre las políticas de desarrollo

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Educación, desarrollo y ciudadanía en América Latina: propuestas para el debate

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La reforma del Sistema Financiero Internacional: un debate en marcha

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Economic reforms, growth and employment: labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The income distribution problem in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Investment and economic reform in Latin America

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Los transgénicos en América Latina y el Caribe: un debate abierto

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El debate sobre industrialización: el caso de México

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Evolución reciente de las exportaciones PYMES en Argentina: debate para una mejor inserción externa

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Debate conceptual sobre las estrategias de desarrollo sostenible apoyadas en el comercio

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El comercio de los productos transgénicos: el estado del debate internacional

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Multilateral rules on competition policy: an overview of the debate

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