Educação e desenvolvimento em Santa Catarina (Cabo Verde)

Abstract

Education and deveopment are key issues in today's world, today more than ever they do make part of speeches, debates, local conventions, national and international meetings. This essay seeks to determine whether in Santa Catarina (Cape Verde) there is convergence between education and development, answering to the following question: development and education can be complementary, through investment in human capital? The research will be developed from an educational perspective, that is, giving centrality to the learning processes and to their construction as a response to the challenges, contingencies and uncertainties, which are characteristic of contemporary society. We also wanted to provide input on the challenges facing education systems, in a systemic perspective, and in their relationship with development To achieve the research, we intended to evaluate the impact of education in the actuals practices of the development of Santa Catarina (Cape Verde), beginning from the assumption that education in Cape Verde society, particularly in the municipality of Santa Catarina, is the key of development and progress, under or in respect of resources and existing constraints. Therefore, we aim to analyze the impact of education in the development processes to evaluate this contribution Our results indicate the presence of a strong relationship between education and development, people gains centrality in the development process and the education emerges as the motor of development.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)