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Manoel Bergström Lourenço Filho (March 10, 1897,
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) was a Brazilian educator and education theorist. He was heavily criticized for collaborating with
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' Estado Novo. His work reveals several facets of the intellectual educator, extremely active and concerned about the school in its social context and classroom activities. Lourenço Filho was a supporter of
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, who believed that white people were superior to black people, concluding by means of "researches" that skin color was directly related to intellectual ability, saying that black children should study in separate rooms from white children.


Biography

Born in the interior of the state of
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, being the eldest of eight children, Lourenço Filho was educated by the influence of his father, the Portuguese Manuel Lourenço Júnior, a creative merchant and avid entrepreneur, married to the Swedish Ida Christina Bergström. As a boy, he was in contact with a vast literature, and became a compulsive reader.


See also

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Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'', in which he reimagines teaching ...
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Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira (July 9, 1917, Porto Ferreira, Brazil – March 14, 1985, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) was a Brazilian physician, and academic. Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira was a professor of Internal medicine and acting President (Reit ...


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1897 births 1970 deaths People from Porto Ferreira Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian people of Swedish descent Brazilian educators Brazilian educational theorists Educational psychologists {{Brazil-academic-bio-stub