About Maria Helena Souza Patto
Born 1942. Maria Helena Souza Patto is a Brazilian psychologist and university teacher.
Maria Helena Souza Patto (born in Taubaté in 1942) is a Brazilian psychologist known for her work on school and educational psychology. She is an emerita professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo, having also served as the director of the Institute between 2004 and 2008.
She is mainly known for her research on school failure in Brazil, and her 1990 book A Produção do Fracasso Escolar ("The Production of School Failure") is considered a classic in Brazilian psychology.
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Brazilian psychologist
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Maria Helena Souza Patto was born on 17 June 1942 in Taubaté.
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Maria Helena Souza Patto is a psychologist and university teacher.
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Maria Helena Souza Patto is Brazilian.
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