Edmar Bernardes da Silva

Edmar Bernardes DaSilva (a Brazilian writer, geographer and pedagogue) born in Luz, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.

Education

He attended primary, middle, and secondary schools in Luz, Minas Gerais. DaSilva also started his academic life at a Catholic college in his hometown, where he studied the Portuguese language. He earned his B.A. in history at Florida Atlantic University under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Rose who has published many books on American History post World War II (politics and policies toward American urban regions). DaSilva earned his M. A. in geography with a concentration on regional, urban, economic, and environmental geography, also at Florida Atlantic University. He earned his doctoral degree in education at Florida Atlantic University as well. At the moment he works as an adjunct professor of geography at Broward College in Davie Florida and as adjunct professor of social studies education at Florida Atlantic University Florida.

The writer

As a writer and poet DaSilva published four books in the Portuguese language. He won three international prizes in literature in Brazil.

Literary prizes:

II CONCURSO LITERÁRIO DE PRIMAVERA - 1998 (Second Place - Short Stories)

IV CONCURSO LIETÁRIO DE PRIMAVERA -1999 (Third Place - Short Stories)

VI CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL LITERÁRIO DE PRIMAVERA - 2000 (First Place - Short Stories)

He has lived in Italy, Germany, and India beside Brazil and the United States. He also visited different countries.

The languages

DaSilva speaks Portuguese as his first language, in addition to having learned English, Italian, German, French, and Spanish.

Books published by DaSilva

Viagens Dentro de Mim e do Universo - 1996

Astros e Estrelas (Stars and Planets) - 1997

Feelings and Passions (Sentimentos e Paixões - 1998 and 1999

Perdido em Berlim - 2004

Academic publications by DaSilva

Dissertation:

A COMPARISON OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF U.S EDUCATED AND NON-U.S. EDUCATED COMMUNITY COLLEGE GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS

References:

1. Dr. DaSilva CV Blog: http://eddasilvablog.blogspot.com/

2. Jornal de Luz: http://www.jornaldeluz.com.br/

3. Portuguese Literary Web Site: http://www.portugal-linha.pt/opiniao/Edmar/index.html

4. Dr. DaSilva CV in Portuguese: http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?idK4217891Y7&tipocompleto

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