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impoverished areas, he developed methods that raised the enthusiasm of teachers, as they became more involved in the school and interested in their own learning . He worked intensively to improve the conditions in which they work and to improve their social image.
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school. He brought to the teachers tools that made them able to analyze deep conceptualizations of evolutive psychology, and learning psychology, didactic and learning strategies integrated in practice, in the classroom and community. He frequently quoted
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model and the Active school approach, educational models that have been used to improve the quality of education of the poorest children around the world.
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teachers of more than 100 schools to build and develop strategies together that would change the conditions of education in
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