Teachers from the Municipal Network receive funding to develop innovative projects in the classroom

Today’s classroom environment is very different from that of many parents. Teaching has become more dynamic, sometimes competing with the technologies in the hands of students, and has gone through a period of renewal. Mathematics teacher Renato Freitas, from Escola Municipal Otávio de Farias, in the Barroso neighborhood (District 6), understands that the way the new generation of students is taught has changed and must be linked to their reality.

When the subject is mathematics, the challenge tends to increase. Renato, who teaches in Education for Youth and Adults (EJA), is to encourage students to be champions in learning. Teach the world of numbers and arithmetic from gaming experiences and active methodologies that motivate them with practical knowledge and in partnership with colleagues.

Renato is one of the teachers in the municipal units who develop innovative projects in the classroom, such as Mathematics in Practice to promote inclusion, which were included in the first edition of the Public Notice for Funding Good Practice. The City Hall of Fortaleza initiative funds, through the Municipal Education Department (SME), creative and innovative educational projects developed by teachers from the Municipal Education Network.

The aim of the work was to teach the mathematics of model building. We deal with different competencies and skills, from the four processes to the idea of ​​scale, scale, capacity… with the supplier you received [do edital], it was possible to honor our work, since we were able to purchase all the materials necessary for its implementation. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had as a teacher,” he describes.

The professor adds that he is already organizing to register another project in the 2022 Good Practice Funding Notice, which is open until April 22. “I feel that teacher participation in public notice is one way we show our interest and enthusiasm in managing their students’ learning,” he comments.

knowledge conflict

Also in the challenge of teaching mathematics creatively in the classroom, Professor Silvio Farias, of Professor Gerardo Milton de Sa Municipal School, in the Antonio Bezerra district (District 3), is betting on classes that are considered an “Olympic Center for Mathematics”. That is the name of the project he developed Also based on the Good Practice Funding Notice.The methodology used by the teacher is to promote knowledge competitions as a way to prepare students for the Discipline Olympiad and to enhance learning.

“The aim of the project is to prepare students for participation in the Olympic Games, not only for the competition itself in search of medals, but also to stimulate the strengthening of the learning of these students as a whole,” justifies the teacher, who has been working at the school since 2016 and preparing 6th and 7th graders for the local and national Olympiads.

Using public notice, Silvio Farias says the practice could have been made more visible at school. “Times have changed and education can no longer be seen only when the teacher on the board swipes clean, dry content, with students only receiving information. They also need to work and learn through partnerships, sharing ideas, experiences and experiences. We have already seen the results of this work with the award-winning students. Medals in recent editions of competitions such as the Brazilian Olympiad in Astronomy (OBA), he notes.

Maria Lohani, in the seventh grade, is a student of Professor Silvio and says the project at the Olympic Mathematics Center helped her become more interested in the subject. “I have loved mathematics since I was young. I realized that the project helped me learn new things and made me share knowledge with my colleagues. I believe that these innovative projects help other students identify with mathematics, for example, to lose the shame of not knowing the contents. We all learn together. ‘ evaluates the student.

Science and art together in one project

One of the innovative projects to be entered in the 2022 Good Practice Funding Notice will be “Forensic Science Art” by science teachers, Nayan Amorim, and Arts, Amanda Oliveira, of Escola de Tempo Integral (ETI) José Júlio da Ponte, in Bella Vista (region 3). This initiative fits into the category of multidisciplinary projects, and is a novelty in this year’s public notice.

Nyana explains that the project aims at scientific literacy of students, knowledge production and student heroism, where investigation plot, drama and introduction of forensic science contents will be created by the students themselves. “The Good Practice Notice initiative is very positive, as it allows our students to develop cognitive strategies to solve real problems,” the teacher comments on projects that bring more practical reality into the classroom.

Good Practice Notice

The 2022 edition of the Good Practice Funding Notice is open for submissions through April 22. Teachers from the municipal network who have creative and innovative educational projects can apply. The initiative aims at the specific area of ​​the various curricular components of the Common National Base, from the sixth to ninth grade classes of Elementary School and Education for Youth and Adults (EJA) Part Two.

In all, 270 educational projects will be selected, distributed in the categories of languages ​​(80 projects), mathematics (45 projects), natural sciences (45 projects), humanities and religious education (60 projects) and interdisciplinary (40 projects), which must be conducted within Academic year 2022 and you will receive financial resources for its development.

The investment of the public notice is R$540.000.00 (five hundred and forty thousand R$). Approved projects in the categories of Mathematics and Natural Sciences will be financed in an amount of R$3,000.00 (Three thousand R$) and approved projects in the categories of Languages, Humanities, Religious and Interdisciplinary Education, each one, will be financed in an amount of R$1,500.00 (One thousand and five hundred Brazilian Real) . The financial resources will be transferred to the school units through the Municipal School with Excellence and Performance (PEMED) programme. Access the notice here.