CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Personal Information

Name: Maria da Gra�a Gomes Paiva, PhD

Address: Rua Conde da Figueira, 532

Bairro: Vila Jardim

CEP: 91330-590 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

e-mail:[email protected] / [email protected]

Phone: (00 55 51) 33 34 41 60/99 18 22 51 /32 88 5853/5955

Professional Background

Graduation: Course of Letters/ Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Portuguese Language and Literature and English Language and Literature

Period: 1970 -1976

Post- Graduation

MA in Applied Linguistics - Catholic University of S�o Paulo (PUC-SP)

Period: 1979 to 1981

PhD in Education - Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS)

Period: 1992-1996

Honorable Titles:

1998 Zumbi Award -� For� public services for both black and multiethnic local communities and as an “example of living” to be followed.

1996 Eisenhower Fellow - US Government and Brazil Single Nation Program (representing Brazil in the field of Education in a 64-day round trip within USA: contacting outstanding scholars and educational institutions/programs,giving lectures and interviews, participating in formal gatherings, to mention a few).

The Top 50 Award - Appointed as one of the “ Top 50� Black Ladies” whose public and professional performance has highly contributed to promote the Black community of the state of Rio Grande do Sul both locally and internationally.

Professional Background

UNESCO Pedagogical Consultant at “Better Early Childhood Development Program (PIM),� Secretariat of Health of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Member of the Coordinating� Team of “ Better Early Childhood Development Program

Undergraduate and Graduate Professor at the Course of Letters, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. Recently retired but still a Graduate Professor and� monographs, theses and dissertations.

Founder and Coordinator of the Teacher Development Support Services Office for 15 years.

Period: May 1988 to May, 2003. Consultancy, Workshops, Research, Pedagogical Materials designs and production, teacher development programs and extension courses.

Co-founder and, later on, Coordinator of “Zero to Three “ (an NGO).

Publications:

�Paiva, M.G.G. “M�dulos Instrucionais: Uma alternativa mais eficaz para a redescoberta de novos talentos”,� in: Revista Contexturas, APLIESP, n� 2, S�o Paulo, 1994. Paiva, M.G.G.; Freitas, S. “Vygotsky, second language acquisition and learner autonomy: some preliminary considerations” e “The use of v�deo in intercultural projects as a mean� of� promoting learner autonomy”, in: Vilson J. Leffa (ed) Autonomy in Language Learning, Porto Alegre: Ed. Universidade/UFRGS, 1994. Paiva, M.G.G. “Piaget, Vygotsky and the question of interdisciplinarity: epistemological implications concerning curriculum design for first and second levels”. �In: 14�me Course/14^th Advanced Course on La Gen�se Social de La Pens�e Piaget/ Vygotsky/� The Social Genesis of Thought Piaget/Vigotsky. University of Geneva. Switzerland, 1994. Paiva, M.G.G.; Lovato, M. �“A Quest�o da Interdisciplinaridade e o Ensino de 1� e 2�. Graus de L�ngua Inglesa: em busca de novas propostas curriculares”. ��In: �Ensino de L�ngua Inglesa. �Pontes Editora, 1996. Paiva,� M.G.G. “A Rela��o Professor-Aluno-Livro Did�tico e Aprendizagem de L�ngua Estrangeira”. In: �Anais da XI Semana de Estudos Germ�nicos,� Editora da UFMG, 1996. Paiva,� M.G.G. “As L2 Teachers, are we Making our Students “Invisible” or Investing in Image Building?� Some considerations from a Brazilian Perspective”. In: Multiculturalisme/Interculturalisme. Canadian Council for Multicultural and Intercultural Education, 1997. Paiva,� M.G.G. “Os Desafios (?) do Ensinar a Ler e Escrever em L�ngua Estrangeira: da Met�fora da Parede de Tijolos para a Met�fora do Jardim”. In: Teoria e Fazeres - Caminhos da Educa��o popular, Vol. 1. SMED/Gravata�; Paiva, M.G.G. “Os componentes afetivos e s�cio interativos da avalia��o”. In: Repensando o ensino e a aprendizagem. Grupo de Estudos da Universidade UNIJU�, Campus Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa, 2000.

Translation of Books:

Wertsch, J.; del Rio, P.; Alvares, A . �Estudos Socioculturais da Mente. Editora Artes M�dicas Sul Ltda., 1998.

Consultancy and review of book translations: �Campbell, L. et alii. Ensino e�

Aprendizagem por meio das Intelig�ncias M�ltiplas. Porto Alegre: Artmed Editora Ltda., 2000.� Intelig�ncias M�ltiplas na Sala de Aula Thomas Armstrong. Porto Alegre: Artmed Editora Ltda, 2000. Repensando o C�rebro Rima Shore. Porto Alegre: Editora Mercado Aberto, 2000.

CONFER�NCIAS MAIS RECENTES:

“Self- expression: the role of Soir�e in TEFL.” ABS 2004 International Conferecence on Foreign Language Teacher Development. 26-27-28 de Fevereiro.Hotel Marriot Plaza, Buenos Aires, 2004.

“Revitalizando o educador: revendo mitos e cren�as”. Supletivo e Faculdade Monteiro Lobato. Porto Alegre: 2 de mar�o de 2004.

“Mental Enrichment, creativity, understanding and learning styles:tips on what works and what works and what doesn’t work? Teddy Bear English Schools. Florian�polis, 2 de Fevereiro de 2003.

�“What�s the “moral” of this story? Congresso de Professores do Y�zigi. Porto Alegre, Dezembro de 2003.

“Educa��o em valores: um novo olhar sobre a brincadeira do “Amigo Secreto”. Porto Alegre; Creche Tio Chico da Brigada Militar: Dezembro de 2003

“Despertando a “voz” do aluno” - SEMANA ACAD�MICA: CICLO DE ESTUDOS UNIVERSIT�RIOS” - Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Miss�es - URI - CAMPUS DE FREDERICO WESTPHALEN, 20 de outubro de 1999.

“O papel da Avalia��o nos pressupostos curriculares emancipat�rios” e “Perspectivas s�cioculturais da constru��o do conhecimento no espa�o escolar” - SEMIN�RIO NACIONAL DE EDUCA��O: DAS PR�TICAS COTIDIANAS �S POL�TICAS CURRICULARES. SMED-CAXIAS DO SUL, 27,28 e 29 de abril de 2000.

“Teaching for understanding: A challenging but crucial issue in TEFL, or not? CONVEN��O DA APIRS, APLISC E APLEPAR. Florian�polis, 18 de maio de 2000.

“Avalia��o: novas tend�ncias, novos paradigmas” -IX SEMIN�RIO REGIONAL DE EDUCA��O - “Educa��o para o Novo Mil�nio”. 6-7 de outubro. CPERS Sindicato/ Caxias do Sul.

“ On assessment: the affective and the social interactive components”. SEMIN�RIO: CHALLENGING ACTION THROUGH BOLDNESS. Challenge Centro de Idiomas Ltda. 000Canoas,19 de outubro de 2000.

“Despertando a “voz” do aluno: relato de experi�ncias com textos escritos “visuais” . SEMIN�RIO NACIONAL DE ALFABETIZA��O VERBAL E N�O-VERBAL: LEITURA, ESCRITA, GESTO, IMAGEM, M�DIA.... EIS A QUEST�O!” N�cleo de Apoio Pedag�gico do Rio Grande do Sul (NAP-RS/INSTITUTO DE LETRAS/UFRGS/NIUE). 10-12 de maio de 2001.

“Teaching as art or science? Reflecting on some research-based activities that promote student�s achievement”- CONVEN��O DA APIRS, APLISC e APLIEPAR. Pr�dio 40, PUC-RS, 31de abril- 02 de maio de 2001.

“Despertando a “voz” do aluno na produ��o de textos: relato de experi�ncias”-� V F�RUM DA EDUCA��O� e IX SEMIN�RIO ESTADUAL DE L�NGUA PORTUGUESA E LITERATURA RIO-GRANDENSE, Prefeitura Municipal de Rio Pardo e Secretaria Municipal de Educa��o e Cultura de Rio Pardo, 9-11 de agosto de 2001.

“O ensino de l�ngua estrangeira no Brasil: uma vis�o diacr�nica” - XIV CELLIP : Centro de Estudos Ling��sticos e Liter�rios do Paran�. Maring�, 25-28 de 2000.