Areas of interest
Foundations of education, philosophy, psychology, and pedagogical theories.
Education
- PhD, Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- MA, Education, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar)
- BA, Pedagogy, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar)
Biography
Newton Duarte is a full Professor in Psychology of Education and Pedagogical Theories at University of Sao Paulo State, Araraquara, Brazil. He is also the coordinator of the research group 鈥淢arxist Studies in Education.鈥� Newton specializes in theoretical mediations that connect the critical analyses of contemporary, social reality with debates in the field of pedagogy. He has written on dialectical foundations of a critical theory of education based in thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci, Karel Kosik, Georg Luk谩cs, Lev Vygotsky, Aleksey Leontyev, and others. He is currently working on two projects: the study of art and human development in Lev Vygotsky and Georg Luk谩cs and the study of freedom as one of the key concepts of a critical pedagogy.