The auditorium of the School of Government, in Natal, was small for hundreds of participants at the XII National Meeting of Research in Science Education (ENPEC) who attended the Opening Panel held this morning (25). ENPEC is promoted biennially by the Brazilian Association of Research in Science Education (ABRAPEC). For the first time, a city in the Northeast was chosen to host the event.

The theme of the discussions was “Paulo Freire and Education in Sciences” and counted on the mediation of Professor Fernanda Ostermann, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), and as debaters, the professors: Antônio Gouvêa, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar); Demetrio Delizoicov, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC); and Carmem Rêgo, Secretary of Distance Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

During their speeches, the panelists paid tribute to the educator Marta Pernambuco, who died in May 2018, and to the 50th anniversary of Paulo Freire’s book “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”. It was up to Carmem Rêgo to recall the trajectory of Marta Pernambuco in educational projects in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte and in the Municipal Secretariat of Education of São Paulo. The teacher Carmem Rêgo had the teacher as teacher, besides considering her a great friend.

Quite excited, Carmem Rêgo took the opportunity to invite those present to launch the book: “Collective Practices – Thought and pedagogical praxis in Marta Pernambuco”. The work, produced by the SEDIS Publishing Team, was organized by Carmem and Professor Irene Alves Paiva. The autographs night will also be held on Tuesday, from 18:30, in the Hall of Technology Center of UFRN.

 Source: SEDIS / UFRN Media Sector