When teachers received the CBC, they used the documents as if they were a traditional curriculum, and followed them in every single detail. Particular interest was focused on understanding the kinds of professional development practices best helping teachers understand and put into practice inquiry-based science teaching methods in the classroom. No responsibilities were assigned to the municipal level, leaving the administration of schools in charge of the provinces. Several religious orders carried out the civilizing educational enterprise—the Jesuits were the most influential until they were expelled in from the Portuguese colonies and in from the Spanish territories. Klein, Herbert.
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