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Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth Volume 57, 2013 - Issue 3: Worldwide Lessons from Educators to Educators
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Lessons From Brazil: Separate and Unequal Educational Systems

Silvana Maria Watson Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Pages 148-151 | Published online: 02 Jul 2013
 
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Abstract

In this article, the author shares the perspective of an inside informant who knows the Brazilian culture well. The author first describes Brazil as a country. Then, she discusses the Brazilian educational system and how special education fits into that system. Next, the author briefly discusses the Brazilian cultural context and barriers to successful inclusion of students with disabilities. The author concludes by offering thoughts about lessons that can be learned from the Brazilian inclusive special education system.

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