2nd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE THEMATIC PROJECT
EDUCATION FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE
DECEMBER 4 AND 5, 2025
Each year, the teams comprising the research lines of the InCEPTE thematic project meet with the goal of integrating the results obtained, producing new findings, and interacting with external researchers to enrich the actions and concepts that underpin the project. These meetings are open to the public
DECEMBER 4
8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Opening
Maurício Pietrocola e Roseli de Deus Lopes
9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. – Lecture
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PEDAGOGICAL COEXISTENCE, AND QUALITY EDUCATION.
Guillermo Arias Beaton
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Roundtable 1
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION – Moderator: Maurício Pietrocola
Bernardete Gatti e Cláudia Galian.
BRUNCH
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Workshop 1
Parallel events organized by tracks 1, 2, and 3
DECEMBER 5
8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Welcome
Maurício Pietrocola
9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. – Lecture
WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REPLACE EDUCATORS?
Marcelo Finger
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Roundtable Discussion 2
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
Caetano Rodrigues Miranda and guest professor.
BRUNCH
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Workshop 2
Parallel events organized by tracks 4, 5, and 6
SPEAKERS AND ROUNDTABLE PANELISTS
GUILLERMO ARIAS BEATON is a full professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Havana. A psychologist with a Ph.D. in Pedagogical Sciences from the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences of Cuba (1987) and a master’s degree in psychodrama and group processes (2009), he currently serves as chair of the L.S. Vygotsky Chair at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Havana. An internationally recognized researcher in the field of child development, he is interested in the care of children with special educational needs and psychological counseling services. In addition to his academic career, Guillermo worked at the Cuban Ministry of Education from 1971 to 1991.
The lecture will analyze the foundations of pedagogical coexistence from a historical-cultural perspective, rooted in dialectical materialism, linking them to the defense of quality education as a right and a prerequisite for integral human development. Given the rise in school violence, as evidenced by national and international data, the lecture will discuss the need to transform schools into safe, democratic spaces that foster meaningful learning. Based on Vygotsky’s conception, it is understood that psychological development occurs within lived historical and social conditions, with school interaction serving as a central mediator. It is argued that pedagogical interaction should be planned, participatory, and dialogic, involving teachers, students, administrators, and families in collective actions that foster respectful relationships, omnilateral development, and the overcoming of inequalities. Concepts such as the zone of proximal development, the social situation of development, and pedagogical activity highlight how educational work can prevent failure and foster meaningful experiences. It is concluded that pedagogical interaction is strategic for ensuring the right to a quality education and for shaping critical and creative individuals.
MARCELO FINGER holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of São Paulo (1988) and earned his master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral degrees at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, part of the University of London. He has served as a visiting professor at the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse and at Cornell University. He is currently a full professor at the University of São Paulo and Principal Investigator at the USP-Fapesp-IBM Center for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI), where he coordinates the NLP2 group focused on natural language processing in Portuguese. He is an editor of the following journals: *South American Journal of Logic* and *São Paulo Journal of Mathematical Sciences*, and a guest editor of *Theoretical Computer Science* and *Analyses of Mathematics in Artificial Intelligence*. Marcelo Finger also discusses artificial intelligence and its implications in a podcast on Jornal Eldorado.
In this lecture, we will answer the question posed in the title without shying away from the debate, offering a clear response: “Of course not, and obviously yes.” We will then provide the basis for both answers, using technical arguments designed to explain—even to a non-technical audience—key points about how LLMs work and the implications this may have for the debate over the replacement of human jobs. We will also provide biological-philosophical and historical-economic motivations. Finally, we will discuss some of the repercussions of recent developments in Artificial Intelligence in the field of education, particularly in educational research.
Everyone is welcome!
BERNARDETE ANGELINA GATTI is an educator with a degree from the University of São Paulo; she earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Paris VII – Université Denis Diderot and completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Montreal and Pennsylvania State University. A retired professor at USP, she taught in the Graduate Program in Education: Educational Psychology at PUC-SP. At the same time, she served as a Senior Researcher at the Carlos Chagas Foundation, where she held the positions of Coordinator of the Department of Educational Research and Superintendent of Education and Research. She was a member and chair of the CNPq Scientific Committee on Education and served as coordinator of the Education Division at CAPES. She has served as a consultant to UNESCO and other national and international organizations. In 2014, she assumed the role of Vice President of the Carlos Chagas Foundation, guiding and overseeing the activities of the Research and Education sector. She serves on the scientific committees of various national and international journals. A full member of the São Paulo Academy of Education (Chair No. 27), she conducts research in the following areas: Teacher Education, Educational Assessment, and Scientific Research Methodologies. In 2016, she was elected President of the São Paulo State Board of Education. Bernadete Gatti has a long and distinguished track record of addressing issues related to youth and teacher education, linking them to the importance of interdisciplinarity.
CLAUDIA GALIAN is a biologist, a lecturer in Education at the University of São Paulo, and an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of São Paulo. A specialist in curriculum, Cláudia Galian coordinates the study and research group “School, Curriculum, Knowledge” (ECCo). As a curriculum specialist, Cláudia Galian discusses different conceptions of curriculum, the elements that influence it, and the relationships between these elements and the foundations of holistic education.
CAETANO RODRIGUES MIRANDA is a professor in the Department of Materials Physics and Mechanics at IFUSP. At the same time, he is dedicated to a non-formal education project: the Moleculário platform. Conceived and implemented by him, the initiative allows students to use virtual reality to explore complex phenomena, particularly those that occur on unusual scales.