The PostGraduate Program in Mathematics and Technological Education – Edumatec (Master’s and Doctorate) aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding in the field of Mathematics and Technological Education, enabling them to achieve a high standard of mathematical and professional-technical competence, as well as to develop a solid and comprehensive view of Mathematics and Technological Education.

Edumatec's primary focus is mathematics and technological education, based on the development of teaching and research through the relationship between education, science, and technology, taking teaching and learning processes in this area as its field of operation. Based on this relationship, studies concentrate on mathematics didactics, technological education, and teaching-learning processes in both mathematics and science, grounded in the knowledge produced in these fields and its implications for the education of the population.

The Academic Master's Course in Mathematics and Technological Education at UFPE was approved by the CNE (MEC Ordinance 458, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 04/11/2008 – CES/CNE Opinion 28/2008, 04/10/2008), with its first class starting in March 2008. In July 2014, the Doctoral program was approved, with its first class starting in August of the same year.

Edumatec has been serving students from different regions of the country, particularly from the Northeast region, where there are few graduate programs in this field. The students come from diverse academic backgrounds, holding degrees in various teaching areas. Similarly, the faculty comprises professionals from fields such as Education, Psychology, Mathematics, and Philosophy, among others, which allows for multiple perspectives on the same object of study.

The Graduate Program in Mathematics and Technological Education at the Federal University of Pernambuco aims to:

• Train professionals to meet, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the demands of higher education expansion in the field of Mathematics and Technological Education;

• Prepare researchers to develop research in Mathematics and Technological Education;

• Introduce master’s and doctoral students to new trends in mathematics teaching and the use of technology in education;

• Train professionals who can contribute to both Basic and Higher Education in Brazil;

• Foster academic exchange with other teaching and research institutions, both nationally and internationally.

The Program comprises three research lines:

Mathematics Didactics – Modeling of didactic phenomena in the classroom; study of the knowledge mobilized by students and teachers in initial or continuing education; rural education; analysis of teaching and learning situations related to geometry, measurements, statistics, algebra, numbers, and operations.

Technological Education – Evaluation, design, and development of virtual environments and software for mathematics teaching and learning; Distance Education as a support for collaborative and networked learning; Digital culture and social inclusion of teachers and students; Digital narratives and intercultural mediation.

Teaching and Learning Processes in Mathematics Education – Research on the socio-psychological, socio-cognitive, and epistemological development of individuals, considering the teaching and learning processes of Mathematics and Science within early childhood education, elementary education, and adult education.

Edumatec also has eleven (11) research groups registered with CNPq (listed under the “Research Groups” tab or accessible via this [link]), which include master’s and doctoral students, alumni, and participants from outside the Program. These groups are involved in numerous international cooperation projects.