Equity in access to higher education: the role of Mathematics Education in face of affirmative actions for underrepresented groups

• Grant number: 14/05584-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2015
• End date: October 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Ole Skovsmose
• Grantee: Guilherme Henrique Gomes da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/04698-8 - Equity and higher education: the role of mathematics education about affirmative actions for minority groups, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The research problem presented in this project is associated to the topic "equity in the access to higher education in Brazil". Its main aim is to analyze programs that provide to freshmen in college courses with high emphasis on mathematics, who access using affirmative actions, conditions for continuing in the institution, focusing on pedagogical aspects of such actions. Furthermore, the aim is to analyze, in particular, possible actions of Mathematics Education in this context. The question guiding the research is: What pedagogical aspects, related with Mathematics Education, have expressed support for continuity and progression of students entering in Higher Education which are benefited from affirmative actions? The data will be constituted of official documents and information gathered with two Brazilian Universities related to strategies and programs that contribute to the continuity of such students in hard science courses. In addition, will be held semi-structured interviews with teachers, students and administrators involved in these programs. The analysis will try to identify new possibilities for social inclusion of underrepresented groups at the university level. It is important to approach this issue at a time when many doubts about the effectiveness of affirmative action policies in higher education come to the fore. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GUILHERME HENRIQUE GOMES DA SILVA. UM PANORAMA DAS AÇÕES AFIRMATIVAS EM UNIVERSIDADES FEDERAIS DO SUDESTE BRASILEIRO. Cad. Pesqui., v. 49, n. 173, p. 184-206, 2019-10-17. (14/05584-3)

GOMES DA SILVA, GUILHERME HENRIQUE; SKOVSMOSE, OLE. Affirmative actions in terms of special rights: Confronting structural violence in Brazilian higher education. POWER AND EDUCATION, v. 11, n. 2, p. 204-220, JUL 2019. (14/05584-3)

GUILHERME HENRIQUE GOMES DA SILVA. Educação matemática e ações afirmativas: possibilidades e desafios na docência universitária. Cad. Pesqui., v. 47, n. 165, p. 820-846, 2017-09-00. (14/05584-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Guilherme Henrique Gomes da. Equity in the access to and permanence of higher education: the role of Mathematics Education on affirmative actions addressed to under-represented students. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas. Rio Claro Rio Claro.