Education: Psychology of Education Program
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Presentation
The School of Post-graduate Studies in Education: Education Psychology (PED) implemented its master’s Program in 1969, and its Doctorate Program in 1982. It was the first post-graduate program in Psychology of Education in Brazil, and one of the first in Education, making a fundamental contribution for the postgraduation programs at PUC-SP, along with the Literary Theory, and the Applied Linguistics and Language Studies programs. The program is accredited by CAPES (Grade 05).
For over 50 years, the program has been responsible for the theoretical and scientific training of a considerable number of professionals, especially in Education. The accumulated production throughout these years is expressive: circa 984 master’s dissertations and 469 doctoral theses have been concluded and defended (as of April 2021), many of which were published.
Objectives
The program aims primarily at providing conditions for:
- Higher Education teacher training, through the contributions of Psychology of Education.
- Training researchers in Psychology of Education.
Lines of Research
The lines of research of the program focus on Psychology of Education by fostering research in the field, and by training students to become researchers. They form the basis of the program’s curriculum and research projects:
- Psychosocial processes in educators' training and professional practices, which studies the constitution of educators’ subjectivity related to their knowledge and professional practices.
- Development, teaching, and learning, which focuses on human development and its relationship with teaching and learning processes in the community, the family, and school contexts.
Post-doctorate degree
The Post-Doctorate Program of PUC-SP consists of academic internship aimed at research activity, performed by people who own a Doctoral Degree obtained in stricto sensu post-graduate program from Higher Education institutes.
Research groups accredited by CNPq
Every Professor in the Program belongs to one or more research groups registered at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq.
Publications
50 years of Productions in Psychology of Education: Research Reports (Volumes 1 – 5)
The texts comprising this collection show how broad and up to date scientific production is within PED, at PUC-SP. In each of the five volumes, macro and micro situations are investigated, concerning intentional – and, therefore, educational – actions that take place not exclusively, but mainly, at school.
Official program scientific events
EXPO-PED
Biannual meeting aimed to disclose research, either concluded or in progress, produced within the Program, and it is intended to contribute to Education and Psychology of Education areas, strengthen public policies, and analyse school and educational routines by approaching a variety of themes:
- Teachers' initial and continuous training.
- Social and school inclusion.
- Literacy.
- Academic assessment.
- Presence and impact of emotions and feelings in school relationships
- Learning and technologies.
- Meanings of school events and public policy projects as constituted by school actors.
- Processes involved in the identity constitution of school actors.
- Social representations;
- Dialogues among institutions.
Official program scientific events
The institutions of support to Research – CAPES and CNPq – grant a quota on post-graduate students to the program. The quota may vary, under the influence of several factors. The program, thus, selects candidates to scholarships according to certain criteria and in previously announced moments. Candidates interested must be attentive to information periodically disclosed by the course. Fellow students are submitted to productivity evaluation, through which they may keep their scholarships.
International cooperation projects
The Psychology of Education Program keeps collaborative partnerships with other universities in different countries for reciprocal research and/or visitor teaching projects. These cooperation projects or agreements also represent an opportunity for developing International Research Internships for our postdoctoral students.
Selection process for program admission
The selection process for applicants to the Psychology of Education Programs (Master’s Degree and Doctor’s Degree) is semiannual. Registration dates are published every six months on this website. Candidates are selected in three phases:
- In the first phase, applicants must submit required documentation for analysis.
- In the second phase, applicants are applied a written examination about topics selected by the program.
- In the third phase, an interview is held with each of the candidates selected in phase two.
Final approval of applicants is given by the Program Board.