PAPMEM – July 2017 – Meeting in honor of Elon Lages Lima
Improvement Program for High School Mathematics Teachers
IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, July 24-28, 2017
Program coordinator: Eduardo Wagner
The Program for the Improvement of High School Mathematics Teachers – PAPMEM consists of free training for mathematics teachers from all over Brazil. It has been held since 1990 addressing issues related to High School.
The program is carried out for a week full-time, from 9 am to 5 pm, independently in the months of January and July, during the school break.
Each of the program’s modules is carried out simultaneously at IMPA and at partner institutions across the country. We currently have about 70 centers and 3,000 participating teachers. At IMPA we have 150 students per module. The lectures are taught in the morning and transmitted live, via the Internet, from IMPA to the participating institutions in other states, using the infrastructure of the National Education and Research Network (RNP). In the afternoon, directed studies are carried out supervised by teachers from each center.
This program resulted in a series of books especially aimed at high school teachers, published in the Mathematics Teacher’s Collection of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM). 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 breakdown
- Course Organization
The program is carried out in independent modules, which address selected topics from the three grades of High School and some topics from Elementary School. In each module, the activities take place during school breaks, in January and July. - Training development
The group to be trained will have 150 professors in the State of Rio de Janeiro and 50 to 100 professors in multiplier centers in universities in all Brazilian states. Each module consists of full-time training (from 9 am to 5 pm), for one week. Each day’s activities consist of lectures in the morning and group work in the afternoon. - Location
Each of the program’s modules will be held simultaneously at IMPA and at partner institutions throughout the country. The lectures will be broadcast live via the Internet from IMPA to the participating institutions in other states, using the infrastructure of the National Research and Education Network (RNP). Participating teachers will be able to send their questions during the lectures using a chat program. The afternoon activities will be conducted locally. The participating institutions are currently as follows:- Acre
- Alagoas
- Amapá
- Bahia
- Ceará
- Federal District
- Holy Spirit
- Goiás
- Maranhão
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão – IFMA Buriticupu Campus
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão – IFMA Campus Caxias
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão – IFMA Campus Imperatriz
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão – IFMA Campus São João dos Patos
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão – IFMA Campus Santa Inês
- Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA Pinheiro Campus
- Mato Grosso
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais
- Paraíba
- Paraná
- Pernambuco
- Piauí
- Federal University of Piauí
- Federal University of Piauí – Picos Campus
- Federal University of Piauí – Parnaíba
- Federal Institute of Piauí – Angical Campus
- Federal Institute of Piauí – Cocal Campus
- Federal Institute of Piauí – Campus Corrente
- Federal Institute of Piauí – Floriano Campus
- Federal Institute of Piauí – Piripiri Campus
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Rondônia
- Roraima
- Santa Catarina
- São Paulo
- Sergipe
- Tocantins