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This collection, comprised of chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Brazil, is Pinar´s summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the authors and members of an International Panel (scholars working in Finland, South Africa, the United States).

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Curriculum Studies in Brazil: An Overview; A.Kumar Everyday Life in Schools; N.Alves Curriculum Disfiguration; A.C.Amorim Curriculum Research in Brazil; E.S.de Sá Barretto Curriculum as Practiced; C.E.Ferra‡o Libraries and Identities; A.C.Lopes Curriculum as Enunciation; El.Macedo The Primacy of the Quotidian; I.B.de Oliveira The Exchanges; W.F.Pinar Curriculum Studies in Brazil: Four Concepts; W.F.Pinar Epilogue: The Final Word; A.C.Amorim & E.Macedo

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"The dialogue invites the Brazilian researchers to present, to defend and even to assess their viewpoints and arguments . . . Researchers interested in international and comparative education will benefit from reading the book." - Compare

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WILLIAM F. PIMAR Canada Research Chair in the Centre for International Curriculum in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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