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"For the Purpose of Harmonious Development": Salvador Alvarado's Revolutionary Educational Reforms in Yucatán, 1915-1918
DownloadFall 2020
This thesis explores the revolutionary education program of General Salvador Alvarado in Yucatán from 1915 to 1918. As governor of the state, Alvarado reformed the education system to ensure that children state-wide received free, secular primary education. The education program also aimed to...
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Fall 2023
This thesis explores the results of and claims made about the experimental 1963 literacy program operated in the small Brazilian town of Angicos, Rio Grande do Norte. This program was where the renowned pedagogue Paulo Freire’s literacy methods were first attempted at a large scale using...