Carmen Moreira “The roll of CAPES in Brazil”

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 EducationCoordenação 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)

TEACHING+RESEARCH+ EXTENSIONTEACHING+RESEARCH+ EXTENSION

CAPES programs for basic education teachers 2009-2012

* Source: MEC/INEP – Censo 2011

English Teachers in Public Schools in Brazil

Medium Level 40.882

Fundamental Level 95.552

Public Universities 4.989

International Cooperation for English Teachers

English in Capes: main programs 2012‐2014

1.

Science without borders• Offers scholarship grants on a large‐scale basis for study 

abroad.

• The objective is to enhance and expand involvement in  science, technology, innovation and competitiveness, 

through the international mobility of students and  researchers.

• 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:Pre‐servicein‐service (teachers in basic schools)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 English- speakers.

• 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 campsIntensive coursesConnecting ClassroomsTeachers network

English in MEC (Ministry of Education)1.

Target: students in basic education

2.

Materials 3.

Languages centers

To invest in teachers is to ensure  sustainability and impact in education.

Our commitment: value teachers to improve quality and equity in Brazilian 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

[email protected]