Exchange

The history of the Program highlights several national and international exchanges that have been important for the development of research in Special Education.

Participation in institutional programs:

In the 2021-2024 four-year period, there was a partnership with the Programa de Alianzas para la Educación y la Capacitación (PAEC – PG) until 2023, with a doctoral student from Mexico (graduated in 2023) and a master's student from Honduras (graduated in 2022).

In 2021, PPGEES joined the GCUB International Mobility Program (GCUB-mob) and in 2023, a master's student from Colombia graduated. In 2024, two students started the Program, one doctoral student from Mozambique and one master's student from Guinea-Bissau. The innovative nature of the intellectual production of PPGEEs has traditionally been to foster activities in research groups and make these activities an essential condition for the scientific training of students.

In 2022, PhD student Aline Lúcia Baggio Montes made a technical visit to the University of Girona in Spain from September 7 to 9, 2022, with the aim of improving data for her doctoral research. PhD student Milena Maria Pinto made a technical visit to collect data for her doctoral research from February 29 to March 16, 2024, at School No. 116, a special school for the deaf in the city of Salto, Uruguay, as part of her doctoral research entitled “Comparative study of educational proposals for the deaf in Brazil and Uruguay” under the guidance of Prof. Lara Ferreira dos Santos.

Regarding the Sandwich Doctorate, four students were awarded a scholarship under CAPES Call for Applications No. 6/2024 (PDSE) - Institutional Sandwich Doctorate Program Abroad. In Spain, two students (Joice Raquel Lemes de Freitas - from September to November 2024 and Thayná Carvalho de Almeida - from November 2024 to April 2025) at the University of Barcelona. In the United States, student Mariana Ferraz (from November 2024 to April 2025) at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and in Portugal, student Amanda Santana Gomes Silva (from November 2024 to February 2025) at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.

PhD student Luciana Carlena Guimarães made a technical visit from June 18 to June 24, 2024 to establish a future link for a possible sandwich doctorate with Prof. Marta Gracía.