PAPMEM – July 2019
Professional Development Program for High School Mathematics Teachers
IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, July 22-26, 2019
Program Coordinator: Eduardo Wagner
The Professional Development Program for High School Mathematics Teachers – PAPMEM – consists of free training for mathematics teachers throughout Brazil. It has been running since 1990, covering topics related to high school education. 
The program runs for one week full-time, from 9 am to 5 pm, independently during the months of January and July, during the school break.
Each module of the program is conducted simultaneously at IMPA and partner institutions throughout the country. We currently have approximately 70 centers and 3,000 participating professors. At IMPA, we have 150 students per module. Lectures are given in the morning and broadcast live via the internet from IMPA to participating institutions in other states, using the infrastructure of the National Education and Research Network (RNP). In the afternoon, supervised guided studies are conducted by professors from each center.
This program resulted in a series of books specifically designed for high school teachers, published in the Brazilian Mathematical Society's (SBM) Mathematics Teacher Collection . In another phase, which was supported by the CAPES-FAPERJ program, the books entitled The Mathematics of High School – vol. 1 , vol. 2 and vol. 3 were produced.
Program details
- Course Organization
The program is conducted in independent modules, covering selected topics from all three years of high school and some topics from elementary school. In each module, activities take place during school breaks in January and July. - Training development
The group to be trained will consist of 150 teachers in the State of Rio de Janeiro and 50 to 100 teachers in multiplier centers at universities in all Brazilian states. Each module consists of full-time training (from 9 am to 5 pm) for one week. Daily activities consist of lectures in the morning and group work in the afternoon. - Location
Each module of the program will be held simultaneously at IMPA and partner institutions throughout the country. Lectures will be broadcast live via the internet from IMPA to participating institutions in other states, using the infrastructure of the National Education and Research Network (RNP). Participating professors will be able to submit questions during the lectures using a chat program. Afternoon activities will be conducted locally.
Current participating institutions