Education

Engineering under reconstruction

Brazilian engineering courses need to address outdated curriculum and new industry demands

Beyond theorems and equations

How theoretical disputes and political conflicts influenced mathematics teaching

Video games in the classroom

Interactive and immersive games can serve as teaching aids

Barriers to inclusion

Affirmative action has yet to gain ground in Brazilian graduate education

Tribute to Antonieta de Barros

Antonieta de Barros (1901–1952) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Doctorates dropped significantly in 2020

Doctoral training has a significant drop in 2020

Maria Victoria de Mesquita Benevides: The right to democracy

Sociologist fosters the creation of the field of education in human rights in Brazil

Educated leadership

Companies whose employees hold PhDs may perform better economically and be less vulnerable to risk, suggests study

A system imbalance

Gender inequality in distribution of productivity-based grants by the CNPq

Encouragement to become a scientist

FAPESP and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences announce the reactivation of the Aristides Pacheco Leão program

Doctor takes over as new USP dean

Doctor Carlos Carlotti Junior will be the dean of the University of São Paulo

College admission talk

Inspired by international models, educational institutions begin to include interviews in the university admission process

Time to face the numbers

Economic crisis and high unemployment rate boost the number of FIES debtors

An exercise in curiosity

São Paulo private school science fair attracts projects from other regions and abroad

Women and their disciples

Study maps how Brazilian scientists contribute to the education of new researchers

Turbulence on the horizon for postgraduate education

Uncertainties arise as assessment of Brazilian graduate programs goes to court

Impact on science

Greater inclusion of black and mixed-race students in higher education is leaving its fingerprints on science output

A formula for equity

Affirmative action has broadened black people’s access to the most competitive undergraduate programs in Brazil, but the impact on black jobs has been limited

Soraya Smaili: Bringing science closer to society

Soraya Smaili, a former dean at UNIFESP, discusses the goals of a new think tank devoted to developing policy proposals for higher education and science funding

The first schoolbooks

From 1821 onward, private publishing houses took over the production of books for primary education

Universal educator

On the 100^th anniversary of Paulo Freire's birth, researchers discuss his intellectual legacy

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

More inclusive universities

Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil

New UNIFESP dean sworn in

On May 7, obstetrician Nelson Sass and sociologist Raiane Patrícia Severino Assumpção officially took over as dean and vice dean of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) for 2021–2025

Invention patents filed by universities in São Paulo

Percentage of all invention patent applications filed with the Brazilian Patent Office by legal entities in São Paulo that were submitted by higher education institutions, per quadrennium

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

In search of improvement

Investing in the training of teachers and the sharing of knowledge between schools helps improve student performance

Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

Education is not a privilege

Theory in practice

Decisive in vocational training, the number of undergraduate students participating in internship programs is still low