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Perspective on Distance Learning - Brazil

Perspective on Distance Learning - Brazil. Prof. Itana Gimenes Universidade Estadual de Maringá www.uem.br Current Visiting Professor at MCT. Brazil. Population: 190M (2010) Education is in Portuguese (all levels)

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Perspective on Distance Learning - Brazil

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  1. Perspective on Distance Learning - Brazil Prof. Itana Gimenes Universidade Estadual de Maringá www.uem.br Current Visiting Professor at MCT

  2. Brazil • Population: 190M (2010) • Education is in Portuguese (all levels) • ~ 12% of the population has access to higher level education (undergraduate courses).

  3. Education • MEC – Department of Education and Culture (www.mec.gov.br) • Higher level education is provided by (public or private): • Universities • University centres • Faculties • Federal Institutes • Together they offer ~ 29.000 courses (2009)

  4. Evolution of Higher Level Education Institutions from 2000 – 2009 (www.inep.gov.br)

  5. Distance Education • MEC/CAPES is a sector that originally supported the qualification of University staff. Currently it: • regulates and approves postgraduate programs • has a division that supports distance education within the UAB system (Open University) • MEC/SEED – special sector of MEC for Distance Education

  6. UABwww.uab.capes.gov.br • UAB is the translation of OU, but it is not a physical place or institution. It is an integrated action between MEC/SEED and DED/CAPES (Created in 2005). • It is a system (project) that aggregates the current distance education courses; • Courses are offered by Federal and State universities; • There are regional centres that support the universities • Courses are mainly: undergraduate and “lato sensu” postgraduate (diploma); • There are not research programmes.

  7. Evolution of the number of registered students and teaching mode 2001-2009 Distance Education

  8. Overview of the Courses (2009)

  9. Current UAB data • 92 Institutions involved; • 587 regional centers; • 950 courses; • There are courses in Mozambique.

  10. PNPG 2005 – 2010 and 2011 -2020 • National plans for the postgraduate program system • Emphasizes the need to qualify basic education teachers of the public sector; • Currently there is call for course proposals.

  11. Initiatives • Recent example - PROFMAT: professional master course on mathematics offered by a pool of Universities (2011) • 20.000 candidates for 1.192 • Grants offered for public school teachers by MEC.

  12. Conclusions • Distance education comes from public and private sectors. • Brazilian government • has set public basic education as priority; • It has been increasing investment in research; • It has been expanding the number of courses in public universities (evening courses); • Postgraduate programs are increasing. • Distance education tends to increase in the same proportion.

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