University reform and the Department of Mathematics at UFMG (1969-1977)

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Maria Laura Magalhães
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Maria Cristina Costa, Rodrigues, Helder Cândido
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Zetetiké (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/8665754
• topic: University reform; History of mathematics education; Teacher qualification; Department of mathematics at UFMG; Postgraduation studies in mathematics; Reforma universitária; História da educação matemática; Capacitação docente; Departamento de matemática da UFMG; Pós-graduação em matemática

This article discusses the trajectory of the Department of Mathematics at UFMG in its first years after the university reform of 1968. A historical overview of this university before the reform, highlighting the background of that Department, is initially presented. Based on institutional documents and interviews with former professors, the objective was to investigate, in the moments after the reform, three specific and interrelated aspects essential to university modernization: teacher qualification, the work regime and the implementation of postgraduate courses in math. The master's degree in Mathematics at UFMG, implemented in 1971, resulted from the efforts of several people and enabled the qualification of the Department professors at UFMG itself. The link between departmental structuring and graduate studies became evident: the success of the postgraduation studies in Mathematics in UFMG resulted from the Department's internal policies that stimulated the qualification of teachers by conducting a master's degree in mathematics.