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The Impact of Primary School Administration on Students' Parents in Rural Brazil
Author(s) -
Fonseca Claudia
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1982.13.1.04x0463u
Subject(s) - parallels , hierarchy , administration (probate law) , democracy , politics , primary education , economic growth , sociology , space (punctuation) , rural area , school choice , public administration , political science , economics , law , linguistics , operations management , philosophy
Although formal education cannot single‐handedly bring about rural development, the rural primary school in Brazil, being practically universal, could make important contributions, especially through its potential to involve adults (parents) in democratic group decisions. The system in its present design, however, suffers the negative influences of partisan politics and financial policies that favor urban areas. The administrative structures are arranged in a rigid hierarchy that allows no space for participation of lower‐echelon members in upper‐echelon decisions. The rural school thus parallels other forces in Brazilian society in conditioning low‐income groups for passive, uncritical collaboration. BRAZIL, ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION, EDUCATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIALIZING INFLUENCES OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.