Anísio Teixeira and the University of the Distrito Federal

Authors

  • Maria de Lourdes Albuquerque Fávero Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC -Rio, 1976). Author

Keywords:

Anísio Teixeira, Universidade do Distrito Federal, Teaching and Research, Production of Knowledge

Abstract

The study discusses the origins and the creation of the Universidade do Distrito Federal (UDF) in 1935, conceived by Anísio Teixeira. It contextualizes the process in the 30s, raising questions related to education. The paper discusses the role and functions of the UDF, mainly teaching, researching, promoting and fostering culture, as well as preparing professionals and technicians of several fields, including teachers of all levels. It highlights the contributions by foreign and Brazilian academic staff in teaching and researching, discussing problems faced by that university and reasons for its extinction, in January 1939. It concludes pointing that even now the UDF still offers relevant contributions to thinking about university in Brazil.

 

Author Biography

  • Maria de Lourdes Albuquerque Fávero, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC -Rio, 1976).
    Livre-docente em educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
    (PUC -Rio, 1976). Professora aposentada na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    (UFRJ); coordenadora do Programa de Estudos e Documentação Educação e Sociedade
    (Proedes)/Faculdade de Educação, UFRJ, e pesquisadora 1A do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

Published

2012-02-07

How to Cite

Fávero, M. de L. A. (2012). Anísio Teixeira and the University of the Distrito Federal. Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 8(2 [17]), 161-180. https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38582