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Freirean Pedagogy in Street Education: Unveiling the Impact on Street Children in Brazil
Author(s) -
Firme Thereza Penna,
Stone Vathsala Iyengar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20252
Subject(s) - sociology , pedagogy , identity (music) , psychological intervention , psychology , psychiatry , physics , acoustics
Abstract This chapter reports an evaluation of programs serving street children in Brazil during the mid‐1980s. At the time, several hundred independent programs for street children had emerged all over Brazil. Paulo Freire's views and concern for an appropriate educational process that regards the cultural identity of these children and youth as well as their self‐acceptance were fundamental to the conception and development of many of these programs. UNICEF commissioned a groundbreaking study that would provide a methodological basis for more comprehensive evaluations in the future. This chapter shows how Freirean pedagogy influenced both the interventions and the evaluation.