Social transformation in Brazil: the impact of social movements on education

• Autor(a) principal: Paschoal, Ana Stella Bezerra Saraiva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Brito, Marília Garcia de Sousa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ensino em Perspectivas
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/ensinoemperspectivas/article/view/11521
• topic: Movimentos sociais; Educação; Políticas Públicas; Transformação social; Social movements; Education; Public policies; Social transformation

In this paper, we discuss the relationship between social movements and education. Social movements are collective actions that typically employ public pressure to propose public policies across various sectors of society, including education. While we currently witness a multitude of social movements, since the 1960s and 1970s, they have increasingly been recognized as less bureaucratic mechanisms capable of bridging the gap between society and policymakers, resulting in more systematic and impactful engagement. In the field of education, multiple fronts have been established. Formally, there is now a heightened focus on gender and ethnicity issues, whereas in the informal sphere of education, these movements have played a significant role in fostering a greater awareness among citizens on various aspects, including socio-environmental matters.