PPGEAS/UERJ

About us

The Graduate Program

The Science, Environment and Society Teaching Graduate Program (PPGEAS), of the Teacher Training College (FFP) in Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), was recommended by CAPES in 2012 and began that same year with the admission of its first class in the Academic Master's course.

The PGGEAS was initially conceived and established based on a solid foundation of its faculty, directly linked to the Department of Sciences (DCIEN) of FFP/UERJ, whose performance in Teaching and Research of this Higher Education Institution was already widely recognized in the academic community since its consolidation in the late 1980s, when it was officially incorporated into UERJ.

In its more than 30 years of local and regional presence, FFP has always been guided by a strong relationship with the demands and challenges related to the economic, political and social life of nearby municipalities, having strategic importance for the socioeconomic development of Rio de Janeiro’s Eastern Metropolitan Region.

Connecting Knowledge

Integration between University and Society in Science Teaching

Prioritizing discussions within the university sphere, connected to the non-academic topics of Science Education and socio-environmental issues is essential for promoting interaction between the different spaces of knowledge production (such as schools, spaces for the dissemination of scientific knowledge, protected natural areas, local communities, and the university itself). This place of interactions and exchanges has been occupied by PPGEAS, which strives to train graduates of different higher education courses from institutions located near FFP/UERJ.

Integrated Training in Education and Environment

To that extent, the training of PPGEAS members in the areas of education and environment allows the consolidation of a Graduate Program that connects different approaches to topics related to the interaction between Science and Biology Teaching, in addition to socio-environmental issues. Moreover, several of the professors have partnerships and research and outreach projects in other areas of society. This includes other academic institutions, as well as schools, nature conservation units, government agencies and social movements.

Therefore, due to its areas of activity both in teacher training and in the evaluation and shared understanding of socio-environmental aspects, PPGEAS has shown itself to be a unique element in relation to other courses existing in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.

Coordination

D. Hellen Jannisy Vieira Beiral

General Coordinator

D. Flavia Venancio Silva

Deputy Coordinator