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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