Since its creation, there have been more than 270 approvals in selection processes for Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio - Fiocruz, Fundação de Apoio à Escola Técnica (FAETEC), Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET), Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) and Colégio Pedro II, and also in the Scientific Vocation Program of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (PROVOC), expanding the educational and professional perspectives of these young people, and also preventing school dropout at this stage of studies.

HOW DOES IT HAPPENS?

Program: regular classes take place from Monday to Friday, after school hours, with the subjects of Portuguese and textual production, Mathematics, Geography, History, Biology, Physics and Chemistry, in addition to training in Citizenship and Environmental Education, covering topics that cross the daily lives of our young people, such as politics, discussion of gender and sexuality, racism, violence and sustainability.

1st Cultural Soiree produced by the students, conceived from the 21 days of activism against racism.

Meetings outside the classroom: in addition to classes, interdisciplinary and extracurricular activities are carried out, either through field classes, institutional visits, participation in events and holding lives on social networks.

Approaching the families and guardians of the students: monthly meetings of those responsible with the project coordination and with the social team (psychologist and social worker), seeking to facilitate dialogue and bonding with the project, through involvement in the training process and student learning.

Field class in Petrópolis, a mountain region of Rio de Janeiro, which made it possible for students to visit historic places, such as the Imperial Museum and the house of Santos Dumont, in 2019.

The project, which benefits an average of 120 students per year, has four classes in two favelas:

2 CLASSES IN:

• Nova Holanda - Redes da Maré Building (R. Sargento Silva Nunes, 1012) - Monday to Friday, from 3 pm to 6:15 pm

2 CLASSES IN:

• Vila dos Pinheiros - Redes da Maré Building at CIEP Ministro Gustavo Capanema (Via A1) - Monday to Friday, from 3 pm to 6:15 pm

Due to the pandemic, classes took place in a hybrid model (three times a week with remote classes and twice with in-person classes). As of 2022, classes have returned to the face-to-face model, but the project configuration, class schedule and the organization of activities may change if the pandemic worsens.

HOW DID THE COURSE REINVENTED ITSELF IN THE PANDEMIC?

The covid-19 pandemic and the difficulties faced by students showed that it is necessary to invest even more in access to education for young people in Maré.

Among the main impacts suffered by the students of the project are access to content, passing through automatic approval without having learned what is necessary to enter high school, difficulties in accessing the internet and signal quality in the community, which is unstable, being a major obstacle to student participation in virtual activities, among others. Seeking to facilitate the access of young people to content, in 2021, the project's team of educators prepared three handouts that were distributed and used during classes, ensuring that even those with difficulty accessing the internet could study the content and ask questions to teachers.

The project's objectives remain, enhancing the reinforcement of the content learned by young people in their schools, helping them and strengthening the content through lists of exercises as a way to minimize the lag in teaching caused by the pandemic - with regard to the sharing of content, always prioritizing the maintenance of the bond with the students and their families, thus avoiding a potential school dropout. Through interdisciplinary classes and collective activities, as well as the support offered by the social team, it is possible to observe closely how these aspects impact the lives of students.

In addition to the pedagogical material produced, in 2020, the article called (RE)EDUCATION IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC - Strategies developed in Complexo da Maré, written collaboratively by the coordinator Aline Ádria Borges and the Portuguese teacher of the project, Camila Mendes, was presented at the National Education Congress. The article analyzes strategic points of the High School Preparatory Course for continuity and effectiveness of the virtual activities offered in the current period of social distancing, considering the social context of students and their families.

High School Preparatory Course in Citizenship class, with film projection.

Field class in the Historic Center of Rio de Janeiro, in 2019, with a visit to Ladeira da Misericórdia, Praça XV, Arco do Teles and closing at the Centro Cultural dos Correios, where students visited the exhibitions.

The Course Experience

The experience of passing through the Preparatory has demonstrated an enhancement in the areas of school, political, economic, social, environmental and family formation. Thus, a significant change was observed in the way each student starts to relate to education, perceived by the increase in interest in studies and by an evaluation carried out with students and guardians.

In recent years, the team has had the opportunity to follow some of these trajectories, marked by school success, insertion in the job market and even exchanges for studies in other countries. From school approvals to student participation in Fiocruz's Scientific Vocation Program, there are still those who continue to attend other Redes da Maré activities, whether in the field of arts, dance, selected for the Petrobras Young Apprentice Program, or even in the preparation for higher education, through the Pre-College Course.

Regarding the project itself, the perspective is to continue and enhance this work, through:

• continuous processes of professional qualification of educators, through pedagogical training;

• production of articles that present the work developed;

Exam Simulation in 2019, fixed activity of the project that takes place twice a year.

• improvement of the spaces and methodologies used by the project and the entire structure necessary to carry out the proposed activities, whether in person or remotely;

• development of teaching material for the course by the project's educators (distributed to students in 2021).

One of the didatic materials of the 1st semester of face-to-face classes, in the main headquarters of Redes da Maré, in Nova Holanda.

FORMER STUDENTS

"Preparatory in this time of pandemic did me a lot of good, because in addition to learning a lot from the teachers, I made new friendships and strengthened the old ones. The teachers explained the content in a way that we understand well. Group classes are good because that way we are more aware of what is happening in the world and help us to reflect on matters."

Maiara Cosmo de França, 15, former student of the Class of 2021

"I love all the classes, but what I like the most is the teachers. They always make the classes light and funny. If I could continue in the project next year [2022], I would participate without thinking twice. The collective activities are my favorites, because in addition to teaching subjects, they make me very thoughtful. I always remember a class we were having on gender, I learned so much in this class and to this day I think of the words of the teacher."

Beatriz Guimarães, 15, former student of the Class of 2021

PREPARATORY TEAM

"During the pandemic, meetings with the team and students were essential for the reception and crossing the months of social isolation. In fact, it was through the project that I was able to interact with colleagues, share anguish and seek tools to maintain the bond with the students. It is possible to say that with the synchronous classes, they were able to present their fears, doubts and, above all, interact with other classmates. It was from the Preparatory classes that the students had space for exchange, study and, in a way, cherish."

Camila Mendes, 30, Portuguese Language Educator

TEAM

Executive and Pedagogical Coordination: Camila Mendes

Coordination Assistants: Lara Venceslau and Clara Martinez

Administrative Support – Education Division: Cláudia Barreto

Social Worker: Carolina Araújo

Psychologist: Kamila Camillo

Educators

Biology: Juliana Galvão

Environmental Education: Juliana Galvão

Physics: Vanderson Cordeiro

Civic Education: Daniel Lopes

Geography: Brenda Mel

History: Julllia Silveira

Mathematics: Humberto Vinícius Rondon and Vanderson Cordeiro

Portuguese: Camila Mendes and Vitor Cordeiro

Chemistry: Evaristo Neto

CONTACT

E-mail: alineadria@redesdamare.org.br | eixoeducacao@redesdamare.org.br

WhatsApp da Redes da Maré: +55 (21) 99924-6462

SPONSORS

Empower

Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Institute

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

Programa de Vocação Científica (PROVOC)

Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV/FIOCRUZ)

LALA - Academia Latino-americana de Liderança

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