The family centers of formation in alternation on reflections on development: the state of the art of brazilian academic production

Abstract

The Pedagogy of Alternation emerged in France in the early 1900s as a response to the fact that young farmers simultaneously study and work in a family context. In Brazil, the establishment of the CEFFA (Centros Educativos Familiares de Formação em Alternância = Family Centers of Formation in Alternation) started in the 1960s. This research review investigates the application of the Pedagogy of Alternation in Brazilian institutions and refers to publications in the Brazilian Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations from 1977 to 2014. The major focus of the analysis is on the relation between the Pedagogy of Alternation and rural and local/regional development. It observes the recent trend that this type of production mainly appears in Post-graduation Programs of Regional Universities.