Newton Duarte

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 “Marxist Studies in Education.” 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 Lukács, 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 Lukács and the study of freedom as one of the key concepts of a critical pedagogy.