Maria Helena Souza Patto
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KnownforA Produção do Fracasso Escolar
ThesisPsicologia e ideologia: reflexões sobre a psicologia escolar (1981)
Maria Helena Souza Patto | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 17, 1942 |
| Known for | A Produção do Fracasso Escolar |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Psicologia e ideologia: reflexões sobre a psicologia escolar (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ecléa Bosi |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | School and educational psychology |
| Institutions | University of São Paulo |
Maria Helena Souza Patto (born in Taubaté in 1942) is a Brazilian psychologist known for her work on school and educational psychology.[1][2] She is an emerita professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo, having also served as the director of the Institute between 2004 and 2008.[3][4]
She is mainly known for her research on school failure in Brazil, and her 1990 book A Produção do Fracasso Escolar ("The Production of School Failure") is considered a classic in Brazilian psychology.[5][6][7][8]
