Popular education and military dictatorship

challenges and perspectives for teaching in higher education in an interview with Juarez Dayrell

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2024.53790

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teaching, university education, popular education, military dictatorship, democracy

Abstract

The text is based on an interview with Juarez Tarcísio Dayrell, a retired professor from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and founder of UFMG's Youth Observatory. The aim was to reflect on the relationships between the university and the military dictatorship, set against the backdrop of his journey as a popular educator and teacher. The interview was conducted as a conversation, following a semi-structured guide. The statements were recorded, transcribed, and reorganized to ensure a coherent flow of ideas and arguments. The analysis was grounded in the principles of popular education and the theoretical perspective of Paulo Freire, allowing us to understand the impacts of the military dictatorship on the lives of students and teachers, as well as the processes of social mobilization and resistance constructed by civil society, particularly by popular educators, which ultimately contributed to the re-democratization of political life in the country.

Author Biographies

  • Juarez Tarcisio Dayrell, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    Graduated in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (1983), a master's degree in Education from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1989) and a PhD in Education from the University of São Paulo (2001). In 2006, he completed his postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Until 2020, he was a member of the Postgraduate Program of the Faculty of Education of UFMG in the research line Education, Culture, Social Movements and Collective Actions, developing research around the themes of Youth, Education and Culture. He was a researcher at CNPQ from 2007 to 2020. He is currently a retired professor at UFMG. He is a founder and member of the UFMG Youth Observatory (www.observatoriodajuventude.ufmg.br).

  • Geraldo Magela Pereira Leão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    Graduated in Philosophy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Master and PhD in Education from the University of São Paulo. Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Education at UFMG. Member of the coordination team and researcher at the Youth Observatory of UFMG.

  • João Paulo Mariano Domingues, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    Graduated in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Master and doctoral student in Education from UFMG. Member of the coordination team and researcher at the Youth Observatory of UFMG.

  • Lorena Trigueiro Rocha, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    Undergraduate student in Dentistry at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), monitor in the Fixed Prosthesis discipline (Faculty of Dentistry / UFMG), scholarship holder at the Directorate of Innovation and Teaching Methodologies (GIZ / PROGRAD / UFMG), where she has worked as a tutor in online training for undergraduate students and is currently part of the support team for the Revista Docência do Ensino Superior.

References

FREIRE, Paulo. Extensão ou comunicação? Tradução de Rosisca Darcy de Oliveira. 6. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1982. 93 p. (O mundo, Hoje, v. 24).

FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogia da Autonomia: saberes necessários à prática educativa. 35. ed. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 1996. (Coleção Leitura).

FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogia do oprimido. 17. ed. Rio de Janeiro, Paz e Terra, 1987.

Seção especial: Democracia e ensino na Universidade: 60 anos após o golpe de 1964

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2024-10-11

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Vol. 14 (2024)

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Interviews special section: Democracy and university education: 60 years after the 1964 coup

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Popular education and military dictatorship: challenges and perspectives for teaching in higher education in an interview with Juarez Dayrell. Revista Docência do Ensino Superior, Belo Horizonte, v. 14, p. 1–17, 2024. DOI: 10.35699/2237-5864.2024.53790. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/53790. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.