A Campanha de Educação de Adolescentes e Adultos de 1947: do entusiasmo à desidratação

This article analyzes the 1947 Campaign for the Education of Adolescents and Adults as the first official initiative for popular education throughout the country via radio to increase enrollment and combat adult illiteracy. The characteristics, positive points and vices that led to the campaign's extinction in 1963 are listed. The research revealed that the Campaign for the Education of Adolescents and Adults was an innovative measure in using radio as a vehicle for reaching illiterate people, but it was desiccated due to a lack of investment, considering the territorial extension that required greater investment in technical broadcasting equipment. As for the method, we used Certeau's (2020) notion of historiographical operation, which consists of re-articulating traces of the past in the present time in order to understand the facts. The sources used in this study are bibliographical and documentary, the primary sources being the proceedings and shorthand notes of the 1947 São Paulo Constituent Assembly.