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The Professional Master’s Degree in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics of UFPEL Teachers College aims to promote and encourage the teachers who work in the areas of Science and Mathematics to develop a professional skills guided by autonomy, the research in the classroom, structuring and developing flexible curricula, reflecting on the students' learning, developing appropriate methodologies and methodological strategies for the teaching of Science and Mathematics and the development of a formative evaluation process. In short, a set of professional skills defined by the development of actions that characterize the teacher’s intervention in school and their work as freelance teachers and researchers of their practice.

This Program is then guided by the purpose of producing changes in the field of professional action of teachers in the areas of Science and Mathematics from our coverage region, and knowledge to be socialized mainly in public education networks. The choice for these priorities relate to our belief in the need to participate in processes and actions that focus on improving standards of teaching in schools, since the results presented by various indexes that attempt to measure the quality of teaching in our country and in our state are unsatisfactory in student learning outcomes.

Students of this Program will also have the opportunity to develop studies and research in interdisciplinary practices, including the elaboration of teaching projects not only between the knowledge areas involved with the program, but also incorporating other areas of knowledge and solid theoretical foundations in these activities.

Another important aspect of this project relates to the theory/practice articulation, specifically research into the classroom, which we see as a fundamental axis in a Professional Master’s in Education. This articulation will be a forum for the development of analyses and thoughts from and in practice. We intend that the Master’s thesis show the tools by which this relationship can be expressed either in the preparation, development and analysis of curricular designs of masters in their work reality, or the analysis of specific situations in schools of curricula, instructional materials, and more.

Finally, we understand this process to be one of continuing education as a reframing of practice, rather than being a mere application of knowledge. It will be the result of the production of knowledge that will be the reference source for new practices and the research questions generated by the daily school. We therefore believe that this Professional Master’s Degree can be an agent of transformation in schools and in classrooms revitalization of Science and Mathematics in our region.

Information about the Program

Minimum registration period: 24 months
Maximum registration period: 48 months
Organization of courses offered: By semester
Admission: selective process
Reference location of the Program: Teachers College/UFPel
Business hours: Fridays with the possibility of another shift
Dean: Professor Verno Krüger
Assistant Dean: Professor Maira Ferreira