Popular preparatory courses for university entrance: a study of social movements in the struggle for access to higher education in Brazil

• Grant number: 11/04407-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Augusto Caccia-Bava Júnior
• Grantee: Leandro Silva de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Given the unequal access to higher education in Brazil, we discuss the experience of social movements acting in Non-Formal Education and the implications of their actions in the political sphere for the democratic construction and its deepening in public space. In this sense, we will perform a desk research followed by interviews on a case study of the social movement known as Cursinho Alternativo Herbert de Souza, located in Vila União, in Campinas (SP) in order to examine the dynamics of organization and implementation of strategies in the political struggle for access to higher education in Brazil. We seek to contribute to the field of Sociology, to discuss experiences and reflecting the consequences of these projects for democratic deepening and questioning of social inequalities. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OLIVEIRA, Leandro Silva de. Paradoxos e desafios do ensino superior no Brasil: a experiência dos cursinhos populares. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Araraquara Araraquara.