Economic Openness and the Marginalization of Small Family Farmers: Aligning Curriculum To Meet the Needs of Rural Adolescents in Brazil.

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العنوان: Economic Openness and the Marginalization of Small Family Farmers: Aligning Curriculum To Meet the Needs of Rural Adolescents in Brazil.
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Moore, Audrey-Marie Schuh
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 23
تاريخ النشر: 2002
نوع الوثيقة: Reports - Descriptive
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Access to Education, Active Learning, Adolescents, Child Labor, Dropouts, Economic Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Rural Education, Rural Urban Differences, Rural Youth, Student Projects, Young Farmer Education
مصطلحات جغرافية: Brazil
مستخلص: Economic liberalization and the rise of global competition have increased the importance of agricultural, technical, and business skills for small farmers in Brazil. However, many rural farmers are unable to attend agricultural technical schools due to low educational attainment. The first section of this paper discusses the impact that liberalization of the Brazilian economy has had on small rural producers in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Section 2 examines institutional challenges inherent in the Brazilian rural education system that contribute to the marginalization of rural populations. These include rural-urban differences in enrollment and dropout rates, the effects of child labor, and the lack of practical relevance of school-based agricultural education. Section 3 describes the Programa de Formacao de Jovens Empresarios Rurais (PROJOVEM), developed by the University of Sao Paulo in collaboration with the Paulo Souza Center for Educational Technology and the state government. PROJOVEM is a 3-year alternative program to prepare rural adolescents to administer and manage small farms competitively and sustainably. Using the "pedagogy of alternancia," the program provides 1 week of training per month in a group setting. Learning is focused on student projects on their own farms. A final section discusses the potential of programs such as PROJOVEM for rural adolescents and rural development. An appendix explains the principles of the pedagogy of alternancia, a constructivist, hands-on approach developed in rural France by Abade Granereau. (Contain 25 references.) (SV)
Entry Date: 2003
رقم الأكسشن: ED470508
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC