Goals

The PPGEd aims to:

MAIN OBJECTIVE

Promote postgraduate training in education at the master's level, dedicated to critical knowledge production and ethical academic training of educators and researchers, in order to contribute to the transformation of the Brazilian socioeducational reality.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

To train critical professionals with solid theoretical-methodological and didacticpedagogical foundations in the field to work in basic and higher education, in its phases and teaching modalities, as well as in other educational areas;

Promote studies and research in the field of educational history, policy and administration, with the aim of verticalizing knowledge about the social condition of schools, public policies and their impact on basic and higher education;

Promote studies and research on educational practices, diversity, and inequalities with the goal of deepening knowledge of socioeconomic, cultural, ethno-racial, generational, and gender dimensions at the national and regional levels in school and out-of-school contexts;

Contribute to the debate and elaboration of alternatives for the improvement of basic and higher education in Brazil, in the Northeast and in Paraíba, through research and actions developed under the program.