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Knijnik, Jorge; Tavares, Otavio – Educational Review, 2012
The Second Half Program (SHP) is an educational sports program running in Brazil. It began in 2003 and was one of the Olympic educational proposals described in the Rio 2016 Olympics bid. Using sport as a tool, the SHP aims to deliver moral education and to promote citizenship in order to counteract "social exclusion" and "social…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Criticism, Foreign Countries, Public Policy
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McCowan, Tristan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
While it is clear that all educational undertakings consist of ends and means, the relationship between the two is far from straightforward. This article proposes a framework for understanding the relationship in the context of citizenship education. Qualitative research was undertaken of three educational initiatives in Brazil: the schools of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Mapping, Interviews