Lourenço Filho

Lourenço Filho
Born
Manoel Bergström Lourenço Filho

(1897-03-10)March 10, 1897
Porto Ferreira, São Paulo, Brazil
DiedAugust 3, 1970(1970-08-03) (aged 73)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil
OccupationEducator

Manoel Bergström Lourenço Filho (March 10, 1897 – August 3, 1970) was a Brazilian educator and educational theorist. A key-figure in the Escola Nova movement, he had a major role in reforming public education in Brazil.

His work reveals several facets of the intellectual educator, extremely active and concerned about the school in its social context and classroom activities. Lourenço Filho was a supporter of eugenics, who believed that white people were superior to black people, concluding by means of "researches" that skin color was directly related to intellectual ability, saying that black children should study in separate rooms from white children.

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