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Direct linkArnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education
Morales-Gomez, Daniel A., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – 1992
Using both a retrospective and a prospective view, this book examines the links joining research, policy, and change in education in Latin America. It inquires about the relationships among the economy, politics, and the state. It reviews the praxis of education in Latin American countries and in the context of the development trends of the 1980s.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Democracy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Download full textTorres, Carlos Alberto – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2010
Two conditions are crucial in preparing radical democratic leaders for a democratic society. In this article, the author argues against instrumental rationality and for radical democratic leaders with a critical perspective in education and schools.
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Leadership
Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto – Comparative Education, 2002
Examines political aspects of international aid to education in Latin America, focusing on drastic ideological changes in the widespread shift from the liberal to the neoliberal state. Analyzes dilemmas and tensions of external aid, touching on the World Bank's roles and elements of its lending processes, particularly research policies. Addresses…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Educational Policy, Ethics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto – Bilingual Research Journal, 1996
Reviews a book on the politics of educational change in Nicaragua, 1979-93. Following the revolution, the Sandinistas drastically revised curriculum and methods of instruction. However, when they lost political power, education in Nicaragua became contested terrain marked by fierce ideological debates, eventually rendering educational reform a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Book Reviews, Censorship, Educational Change
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto – American Educational Research Journal, 2002
Suggests that globalization places limits on state autonomy and national sovereignty, affecting education in various ways. Educational policy and its contributions to citizenship, democracy, and multiculturalism will face unprecedented challenges if the logic of fear, exacerbated by the events of September 11, 2001 prevails. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Enterprise System
Torres, Carlos Alberto – Prospects, 1988
Discusses policies concerning adult education which have been designed and carried out in Latin America. Contends that the adult basic education policy does not provide the clientele with better tools to face the challenges of society. Calls for an understanding of the inner rationality of adult education programs. (KO)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto – Comparative Education Review, 1994
Examines educational policy formation in Sao Paulo, 1989-92, under the leadership of Paulo Freire. Explores theoretical and policy controversies surrounding the diminishing role of the state in Latin America, the impact of social movements on educational policymaking, and the limits and possibilities of democratic-socialist perspectives in…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedBoron, Atilio Alberto; Torres, Carlos Alberto – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1996
Examines the widening gap between rich and poor in Latin America, and the troubling performance of new Latin American democracies. Reviews human-capital, neoconservative, neoliberal, functionalist, and social democratic theories about education and poverty. Presents eight theses about the state, poverty, and education, and calls for education to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capitalism, Democracy, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto; Puiggros, Adriana – Comparative Education Review, 1995
Provides historical and theoretical context for this theme issue on education in Latin America. Discusses reorganization in state models and state-society relationships since the 1930s, the systematic withdrawal of public resources from education due to neoliberalism and internationally imposed "structural adjustment" policies, effects…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Culture Conflict, Economic Factors, Educational Development
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto; Schugurensky, Daniel – Comparative Education, 1994
Examines adult education models and the perceptions of 442 adult learners and 160 teachers in Canada, Mexico, and Tanzania. Despite major economic and political differences between countries, the Canadian "therapeutic model," Mexican "recruitment model," and Tanzanian "forced modernization model" of adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Education, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedTorres, Carlos Alberto; Schugurensky, Daniel – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1995
Interviews with 11 policymakers, 49 teachers, and 125 adult learners in Alberta explored their socioeconomic characteristics and political culture. Results showed the predominance of the therapeutic model, in which social problems are considered pathologies or deficits and treatment involves adapting learners to the economic requirements of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behaviorism, Economic Factors, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedArnove, Robert F.; Torres, Carlos Alberto – Comparative Education, 1995
Goals, content, methods, and outcomes of adult education differ according to state policy and characteristics of the political regime. In the 1980s, Mexico represented a "corporatist" state undertaking an incremental approach to literacy provision for purposes of political legitimation and social integration, while Nicaragua represented…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Capitalism, Comparative Education, Educational Policy
Marques, Carlos Alberto; Santiago, Mylene Cristina; de Moura, Simone Moreira – Comunicacoes, 2000
Examines education given to those with special needs in Brazil from 1910-1949. Shows the dichotomy of meanings in which the education of special needs persons during that period, besides being marked by concepts related to the exclusion paradigm, already indicated signs of respect for diversity and civil rights. (BT)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
