Policy Dialogues: English for the future English and Teacher Education: impact and sustainability The roll of CAPES in Brazil
Carmen Moreira de Castro Neves
Brazil: •27 states •5.568 municipalities •+- 50,000,000 students in Basic Education •+- 2,000,000 teachers in Basic Education
Quick information: Ministry of Education Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
CAPES is a Brazilian Federal Agency for support, induction and evaluation of Graduate Education Founded in 1951, by Anísio Teixeira 1951 – 2007: focus on graduate education: masters, doctorates, post-docs Since 2007: initial and continuing education for basic education teachers.
Quick information:
Basic Education in Brazil – 3 levels:
A Modern Foreign Language is mandatory: • Fundamental: 6 – 9 grade (11-14 years old) • Medium: 1- 3 grade (15-17 years old)
CAPES programs for basic education teachers 2009-2012
TEACHING+RESEARCH+ EXTENSION
International Cooperation for English Teachers
English Teachers in Public Schools in Brazil Medium Level
40.882
Fundamental Level
95.552
Public Universities
4.989
* Source: MEC/INEP – Censo 2011
English in Capes: main programs 2012‐2014
1. Science without borders •
Offers scholarship grants on a large‐scale basis for study abroad.
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The objective is to enhance and expand involvement in science, technology, innovation and competitiveness, through the international mobility of students and researchers.
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Primary goal: to ensure that 101.000 Brazilian students and researchers obtain qualifications and training at the world’s best universities.
Professores de Inglês: Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Londres
Professores de Inglês: Universidade do Oregon, EUA
English in Capes: main programs 2012‐2014
2. English teachers development 2.1 Proficiency test to 20.000 English teachers in 2012 2.2. Teacher training: ¾ Pre‐service ¾ in‐service (teachers in basic schools) ¾ teachers educators (teachers in universities) 2.3. International mobility
Brazilian Teachers Development ‐ process
3. English Teaching Assistenship Program – with Fulbright • An English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) places a Fulbrighter in a classroom abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English to non-native Englishspeakers. • English Teaching Assistants help teach English language while serving as a cultural ambassador for U.S. culture. • ETA grants typically last nine months, from March until November, coinciding with the Brazilian academic calendar. • ETA participants are placed in schools, universities, and English language institutions, and they carry out activities to improve students’ English language skills and knowledge of the United States.
• In Brazil, we have now: 30 ETAs, in 16 Brazilian universities.
English in Capes: main programs 2012‐2014
4. New proposals in development:
Support institutional projects (in universities) Support institutional projects (educational systems) Summer and winter camps Intensive courses Connecting Classrooms Teachers network
English in MEC (Ministry of Education) 1. Target: students in basic education 2. Materials 3. Languages centers
Our commitment: value teachers to improve quality and equity in Brazilian education
To invest in teachers is to ensure sustainability and impact in education.
“This course was really special to me. My first time in a country that speaks the language I’ve been teaching for 9 years. (…) I reflected a lot about my pedagogical practice and I returned willing to fight harder to change things that I almost didn’t believe anymore. And I had new proposals to reach those objectives. (…) The result will be reflected upon the 500 students that I teach every year as well as the team of teachers to whom I intend to provide guidance.” Profª. Michelle Freire, Fellow Capes in IOE, London Teacher in Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Carmen Moreira de Castro Neves Director of Basic Education in Capes 5561 – 2022-6550 Carmen.neves@capes.gov.br