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2. Assessment and Curricular Policies of Higher Education in Brazil: Enhancing Both Performance and Cultural Diversity?
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Ivenicki, Ana
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The present paper posits that in culturally diverse societies such as Brazil the value of cultural diversity within higher education institutions, faculties, and students has begun to gain momentum as a relevant dimension in the assessment of quality, performance, and productivity. In order to develop this argument, it first reviews the supporting literature, offering an overview of the institutional structures of higher education in Brazil and its quality assessment practices. It then analyses how multicultural aims may or may not have been articulated in the assessment of performance and productivity in Brazilian higher education policies, as gleaned from the National Plan for Education (Presidency of Republic, 2014), and recent debates around curriculum reform. It discusses the extent to which higher education policies in Brazil have tried to tackle the twin objectives of enhancing performance while also valuing cultural diversity and inclusion in their quality control strategies. The study may have global implications; as international mobility increases societies around the globe should be prepared to value both performance and diversity in their assessment exercises and curricular policies. [This paper was presented at the 14th Higher Education Reform Workshop 26-28 September 2017, Hiroshima University, Japan.]
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- 2019
3. Social Responsibility and Envy: Multicultural Reflections
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Canen, Alberto G. and Ivenicki, Ana
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Multicultural organizations can be central to mitigate organizational situations in which envy could potentially flourish, therefore contributing to fostering organizational conduct that leads to institutional social responsibility. The paper focuses on the inner workings of organizations related to their leaders' understanding of what the expression "social responsibility" means. The article highlights how envy among its members could be tackled in order to boost social responsibility, and promote social justice. The paper analyses institutional leaders' discourses from an enterprise and from a higher education institution (HEI), gleaning their meaning of social responsibility and their perceptions of their role in challenging envy as part of that social responsibility agenda. In order to challenge envy and promote fair conducts and social responsibility, the role of positive multicultural leaders and the strengthening of an organizational collective identity should be emphasized. The findings suggest that organizations need to be better equipped in order to face organizational turbulences detrimental to the social responsibility success, by focusing on cultural diversity and retention of good workforce as part of their social responsibility and social justice remit. The paper discusses social responsibility in a way that goes beyond the hitherto prevalent focus on environmental concerns and corporate accountability. Also, it is relevant comparatively in that it shows aspects to be addressed for the success of social responsibility in international contexts. [For the complete Volume 13, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568595.]
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- 2015
4. Open Architecture Curriculum: Towards an Education Committed to Pluralist Democracy
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Travitzki, Rodrigo and Kelian, Lilian L'Abbate
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This paper aims to identify elements that will help with the process of thinking through curriculum issues based on the concept of open architecture. We argue that this concept can be an interesting driver of practice and debate concerning curriculum development in different contexts. More generally, we seek for viable public education that is more deeply committed to pluralist democracy; a pluralism with some consensus, but not on everything, as argued by Chantal Mouffe, in support of Paulo Freire's claim that no one frees anyone alone but in communion. The paper describes origin of open architecture in computing, highlighting the free software movement. Then, we briefly discuss the transposition of this concept to the educational field. We also describe some communities for practice and innovation. Teacher communities should be the main foundation of the open architecture curriculum. Teachers should be transformative intellectuals with the responsibility, among others, to listen to student voices. Finally, we describe examples of the open architecture curriculum, some real, some imaginary. The concept of open architecture can also help when conducting comparative studies to enable a better understanding of curricular differences between nations, particularly with regard to flexibilization and centralization policies.
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- 2019
5. Assessment of the Use of Online Comunities to Integrate Educational Processes Development Teams: An Experience in Popular Health Education in Brazil
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Barilli, Elomar Castilho, de Freitas Barretto, Stenio, Lima, Carla Moura, and Menezes, Marco Antonio
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This paper is intended to share the results of the assessment of the use of the Online Work Community (OWC), developed in the Moodle technology that was used as an instrument to facilitate the educational and operational processes, intended to share problems and proposals for solution among the 470 members of the development teams, made up of educators, experts, technicians, managers and supporters, connected to the Popular Health Education Qualification Program, aimed at the qualification of the Basic Healthcare ("Atenção Básica à Saúde"--EdPop-SUS), through the examination of the issues concerning educational practices related to health in the disadvantaged communities of the Federal District and 8 other Brazilian states. The Program, based on critical pedagogy (FREIRE, 1997), sets forth three stages of a familiarization course aimed at 17 thousand healthcare professionals, and another one for a deeper level of understanding, for 8 thousand alumni of the first course. The assessment methodology is based on the Dialogue Assessment (ROMÃO, 2005), in which the assessment took two paths for analysis, a quantitative one and a qualitative one. The first one occurred by means of a survey of the perceptions of the participants, recorded in two online self-applied questionnaires, with open and closed questions that focused on the access, guidance/navigation and functionalities. The other one through the observation of the posts and interventions in the different online spaces of the OWC. The quantitative analysis ratified attendance as a still important characteristic in the Popular Education field, due to the difficulties pointed out by the participants regarding access (31%) and navigation and guidance (42%). The qualitative analysis, having as Speech Analysis as basis, revealed the wealth of the construction process by means of the shared statements and productions, totaling 159 products connected to culture and art. In addition, it evidenced the problems faced, the "political" category being the most significant one for the participants. Thus, the assessment concluded that the OWC allowed social integration between educators and team members, contributing to the implementation of the National Popular Health Education Policy, a government action that brings care, absence of centeredness, dialogue and respect to the community cultural diversity as premises for its implementation. [This research was funded by the Strategic and Participative Management Office (SEGEP) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. For full proceedings, see ED557189.]
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- 2014
6. Student Voice and Participation in Intercultural Education
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Caetano, Ana Paula, Freire, Isabel Pimenta, and Machado, Elsa Biscaia
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This paper presents a multi-case study in the field of intercultural education and it refers to a project named "Voice of children and young people in the development of intercultural education." The cases are critical action-research projects developed with three groups of middle and high school students. They participated in dialogic processes and shared leadership with their teachers. They co-designed projects, debated and became aware of critical issues related to cultural diversity in their educational communities. The purpose of the research is to analyze participatory processes and associated changes in relation to intercultural education and students' voice frameworks. Personal changes of the students, such as self-awareness and attention to others and to relationships, and group changes such as cohesion, were underlined, as well as changes extended to other actors--teachers, other students, staff, tutors, and other members of the community--creating collaborative relationships, solidarity, and mutual recognition. There were visible changes during the most active period in which projects were held, but sometimes impacts still endured and deepened afterwards. This stresses the relevance of youngsters' participatory projects engaged in intercultural processes and change.
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- 2020
7. The Role of Education in the Cultural and Artistic Development of the Individual: Developing Artistic and Creative Skills.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). and Barbosa, Ana Mae Tavares Bastos
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Education should be the most efficient way of arousing the individual's cultural consciousness. A concept of "interculturality" now exists, signifying the importance of the interaction between different cultures. There must no longer be a distinction between the "high class" culture of the erudite and the "low class" culture of the lower social strata. It is necessary to recognize all of the influences upon the culture of the developing nation, even those influences that spring from former colonizers. Identity of self evolves through knowledge of the other. It is impossible to understand a nation's culture without understanding its arts. Any sound education develops personal expression and social integration, and art in particular contributes to such development. To be effective, art education must relate artistic production with aesthetic appreciation and historical information. Education must pay attention to visual literacy, to prepare children to understand and evaluate all sorts of images. Furthermore, in learning to appreciate and decodify works of art, children develop creativity. Art education also mediates between art and the general public. Training in art is important economically as well, in that many jobs relate directly or indirectly to art. Art is also critical for emotional development. It is impossible to conduct emotional and intellectual education without art. (SG)
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- 1992
8. The Brazilian National Curriculum for Foreign Languages Revisited through a Multiculturalism and Peace Studies Approach
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Costa, Rejane Pinto
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This study emerged from a broader research completed during my Masters Course. (THEORY/METHODOLOGY) Theory and methodology were guided by the critical multiculturalism as seen in McLaren (1997, 2000). In my doctoral thesis, this concept was deepened by and linked to the peace studies of Galtung (1990, 2005, 2006), to empower multicultural peace education's potential to value cultural diversity and work for peace. (PURPOSE) The objective of this study is to promote new dialogues and perspectives towards the understanding of Brazilian national curriculum for foreign language in a multicultural and peace oriented approach. This work is chiefly relevant since it pinpoints language as a means to building differences and homogenizing identities as shown by McLaren (1997) and Freire (2001). Their views illustrate the need to call the attention of education professionals to the importance of decolonizing discourses to promote a more democratic education.
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- 2011
9. The Significance of Post-Racial Ideology, Black Political Struggle, and Racial Literacy for Brazilian Anti-Racist Education Policy
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Da Costa, Alexandre Emboaba
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This paper furthers current analysis of anti-racist, critical multicultural, and decolonial educational reforms in Brazil through a focus on the significant role played by post-racial ideology, black politics, and racial literacy in policy design and implementation. The paper first details the ways in which post-racial commonsense and anti-black racism have been central to the Brazilian social formation and continue to constitute crucial obstacles to fundamentally reshaping the curriculum, educational institutions, educators' racial literacy, and classroom pedagogies. The article then contends that understanding the politics of race and education in Brazil necessitates acknowledging emergent anti-racist policies and discourses as the product of decades of black political struggle by activists, educators, and community organizations to make racism and racial inequality public issues. In this way, the policy documents and discourses shaping recent educational reforms in Brazil should be understood as political interventions within a particular historical conjuncture and racial formation. Such an analysis reveals contemporary black Brazilian efforts in education as mobilizations that go beyond a "politics of identity," recognition and apolitical multiculturalism and towards building more transformative anti-racist and decolonial proposals that directly challenge the nature and effects of anti-black racism in society.
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- 2016
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10. School-Aged Children and Decisions for Studying Abroad in Canada
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Tamtik, Merli
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine parental and students' decisions regarding participating in K-12 level study abroad programs in Manitoba, Canada. Design/methodology/approach: The study reports on data collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 18 international students and 14 parents. Findings: The findings suggest that the key factors influencing decisions are perceptions of enhanced career prospects, changing global environments and broadened post-secondary education choices. Country-specific factors include quality and safety of the learning environment, multiculturalism and reputation associated with the country and people. Research limitations/implications: The participants were primarily students and parents from the EU countries associated primarily with horizontal mobility. Experiences of students from the main sending countries (China, South Korea and Japan) might differ. Practical implications: The results are relevant to educational managers in designing high-quality international programs and recruitment agents. Originality/value: The study adds important empirical evidence to the limited research that has been conducted on study abroad experiences at the K-12 level. It is one of the first in the Canadian context. It provides unique perspectives in USA and Canada comparisons for study abroad of school-aged children.
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- 2019
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11. The Intersection of School, Diversity and Intercultural Dialogues: Second Generation Brazilians and Cape Verdeans in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
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This paper focuses on schools in the inner city of the Lisbon metropolitan area and a suburban neighbourhood located in the municipality of Sintra, where second generation Brazilian and Cape Verdean students adhere to different meanings of diversity and intercultural dialogue. Their experiences and interpretations were examined more closely through the use of several methods: (1) a multi-level questionnaire which was directed at both students and parents, (2) a compilation of qualitative statements provided by students and parents and (3) a collection of qualitatively analysed statements from teachers and school board members. The results indicate there is a wide divergence of attitudes and perspectives among the different actors, showing a disparity of perspectives when addressing intercultural education. The conclusions drawn indicate that promoting intercultural dialogue is not a one-way street, but requires the development of several intertwined strategies in each of these different contexts and communities. The observed practices of teachers, students, and administrators fell short of the expected policies incorporating intercultural education, indicating that the main barrier for educating these second generation youth is the lack of professional commitment and dialogue between teachers, students and families. Recommendations to foster high-quality intercultural education are identified.
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- 2018
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12. Handbook of Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Personality Assessment. Personality and Clinical Psychology Series.
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Dana, Richard H. and Dana, Richard H.
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This collection of papers includes: (1) "An Assessment-Intervention Model for Research and Practice with Multicultural Populations" (Richard H. Dana); (2) "An Africentric Perspective for Clinical Research and Practice" (Edward F. Morris); (3) "Myths about the Null Hypothesis and the Path to Reform" (Robert G. Malgady); (4) "A Construct-Based Approach to Equivalence: Methodologies for Cross-Cultural/Multicultural Personality Assessment Research" (James Allen and James A. Walsh); (5) "The Nature of Bias" (Fons Van de Vijver); (6) "Acculturation as a Moderator of Personality and Psychological Assessment" (Israel Cuellar); (7) "Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Acculturative Stress: Evidence and Measurement" (Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky and Michael Virgil Maestas); (8) "Racial Identity Measures: A Review and Classification System" (A. Kathleen Burlew, Shana Bellow, and Marilyn Lovett); (9) "Social Psychological Perspectives on Changing Self-Identification among American Indians and Alaska Natives" (Joseph E. Trimble); (10) "Multicultural Assessment with the MMPI-2: Issues for Research and Practice" (Richard W. Handel and Yossef S. Ben-Porath); (11) "Issues in the Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Use of the MMPI-2" (David S. Nichols, Jesus Padilla, and Emilia Lucio Gomez-Maqueo); (12) "Are There Promising MMPI Substitutes for Assessing Psychopathology and Personality? Review and Prospect" (Ronald R. Holden); (13) "Culturally Relevant Research and Practice with the Rorschach Comprehensive System" (David Ephraim); (14) "Use of the Rorschach Comprehensive System in Europe: State of the Art" (Anne Andronikof-Sanglade); (15) "The Rorschach Comprehensive System in Iberoamerica" (Eugenia V. Vinet); (16) "National Norms for the Rorschach Normative Study in Portugal" (Antonio Abel Pires); (17) "Application of the Holtzman Inkblot Technique in Different Cultures" (Wayne H. Holtzman); (18) "A Psychocultural Approach to TAT Scoring and Interpretation" (David Ephraim); (19) "Use of TAT in Multicultural Societies: Brazil and the United States" (Eliana Herzberg); (20) "Objective Scoring for the TAT" (Alejandro Avila-Espada); (21) "Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Utility of the TEMAS (Tell-Me-a-Story) Test" (Giuseppe Costantino and Robert G. Malgady); (22) "The Once-Upon-a-Time Test" (Teresa Fagulha); (23) "An Assessment Practice with Hispanics in Minnesota" (Sonia I. Carbonell); (24) "Assessment Practices with African Americans: Combining Standard Assessment Measures within an Africentric Orientation" (Edward F. Morris); (25) "Cultural Identity Description and Cultural Formulation for Hispanics" (Israel Cuellar and Genaro Gonzalez); (26) "Assessment of Depression among American Indians and Alaska Natives" (Norman G. Dinges, Mera M. Atlis, and Shawna L. Ragan); (27) "Assessment Issues with Jewish Clients" (Peter F. Langman); and (28) "Teaching Culturally Informed Psychological Assessment" (Steven Regeser Lopez). (Papers contain references.) (SM)
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- 2000
13. Reflecting on Participatory Research in Environmental Education: Some Issues for Methodology
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Robottom, Ian and Sauvee, Lucie
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We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective practice" processes in exploring issues relating to formal education in schools and informal education in communities and are grounded in the specific contexts of developing countries. We discuss issues in participatory research such as: (1) Whose research agenda gets to be explored?; (2) The importance of project partnerships; (3) Participants' preconceptions about the nature of research; (4) What is "rigor" in participatory research in environmental education?; (5) The Colonialist Dilemma: Avoiding the "package or perish" mentality; and (6) The Bigger Picture: Technocratic Rationality and Participatory Research. (Contains 2 notes.)
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- 2003
14. In Search of the Autonomous and Critical Individual: A Philosophical and Pedagogical Analysis of the Physical Education Curriculum of São Paulo (Brazil)
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Betti, Mauro, Knijnik, Jorge, Venâncio, Luciana, and Neto, Luiz Sanches
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Background: Academics, teachers and policy-makers across the world have discussed how to develop a relevant physical education (PE) curriculum that addresses the "body education" needs and interests of twenty-first-century students. In Brazil, after the launch of the national curricular parameters (PCNs) in the late 1990s, many new PE curricula have emerged, some, such as the curriculum of the state of São Paulo (SP), claiming to be truly innovative in the promotion of the autonomous and critical individual. In 2006, SP, as the richest and most populous Brazilian State, convened several groups of specialists to design new curricula in all school areas, including PE. Curricula proposals always have a set of underpinning values and philosophies and the PE curriculum in SP seems to have enhanced its school function to beyond the sports restricted interests. Purpose: This article aims to examine the philosophical and pedagogical directions that support the new PE curriculum in SP. It asks on what concepts of "culture," "body" and "movement" the São Paulo physical education (SP/PE) curriculum is based; how the education of the autonomous individual is conceptualised and how the curriculum enhances the teaching of students' "body" practices. It also considers the ways in which autonomy is lived in an environment historically marked by social inequality. Research design: In reflecting on these questions this paper adopts the notion of one's own body as a "unit of meaning"). It also draws on concept of education as the development of a critique of reality as the basis for transforming it. It discusses "movement culture" (MC), a central idea in the SP/PE curriculum derived from these practices of critique and transformation, as well as the concept of "Sich-Bewegen," which emphasises "movement" as a proper expression of the individual. Conclusions: The traditional notion of being "physically educated" as proposed by Corbin has been superseded in the new curriculum. It appears that the SP/PE curriculum is challenging educators to address new key issues in their educational practices: to foster critical thinking about both the content and themes addressed by the PE curriculum; to consider cultural diversity whilst teaching; to move away from standardised proposals; and to enhance, in students, critical views of the MC content presented in the media, and thereby to encourage students to take into account the media thematic axis as a starting and an ending point for their educational practices.
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- 2015
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15. Language Death: A Freirean Solution in the Heart of the Amazon
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Guilherme, Alex
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"Language death" is an undeniable phenomenon of our modern times as languages have started to disappear at an alarming rate. This has led linguists, anthropologists, philosophers and educationists to engage with this issue at various levels in an attempt to try to understand the decline in this rich area of human communication and culture. In this article I refer to some interesting and innovative educational projects in the Amazon region of Brazil, which are revitalizing local languages, cultures and communities. I analyse these projects in the light of some of Paulo Freire's ideas, particularly his views on conscientization, praxis and contextualization, and will argue that these educational ventures might be viewed as useful templates for other countries and peoples seeking to reverse or avoid "language-culture" death. (Contains 1 note.)
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- 2013
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16. Broadening Our Sights: Internationalizing Teacher Education for a Global Arena
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Olmedo, Irma and Harbon, Lesley
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This article represents the collaborative efforts of two college faculty, one in the USA and one in Australia, exploring notions of internationalization of colleges of education and research on multilingualism and teacher education. First, the paper presents experiences of interactions with international researchers in Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Italy, Finland and Australia. Second, it presents research of three overseas immersion language teaching and learning experiences pursued with teacher candidates from Australia in Indonesia, Korea and China. The article focuses on two questions: in what ways can teacher educators enhance their expertise to prepare teachers for multicultural teaching in a global context? How can teacher educators and institutions create contexts and experiences where teachers and prospective teachers develop their knowledge, skills and dispositions to teach from an international and multicultural perspective? In essence, how can faculty prepare teachers to internationalize curricula and effectively teach students, not only from different ethnic groups and cultures but also different nations and languages?
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- 2010
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17. The Contribution of Ethnobiology to the Construction of a Dialogue between Ways of Knowing: A Case Study in a Brazilian Public High School
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Baptista, Geilsa Costa Santos and El-Hani, Charbel Nino
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This paper reports results obtained in pedagogical interventions in a Brazilian public high school which aimed at promoting a dialogue between scientific and traditional knowledge in the context of biology teaching. The interventions were based on the use of a didactic material and teaching sequence elaborated on the grounds of school knowledge about botany, as presented in biology textbooks, and interviews with students who were also farmers, so as to gather data about their ethnobiological knowledge. Our goal was to develop and test resources that can offer support for teachers who wish to build a dialogue between different ways of knowing in multicultural settings. Our results indicate that the use of the didactic material and teaching sequence indeed created possibilities for a dialogue between the students' ethnobiological knowledge and biology school knowledge. We observed some shortcomings in classroom practice, partly reflecting our very choice of subject matter to develop the teaching sequence. But the interventions also revealed important limitations that we regard as representative of problems that may generally make multicultural science teaching a hard goal to achieve. It was clear that important shortcomings were related to teachers' difficulties to conduct a dialogue between ways of knowing in a science classroom, and, thus, called attention to the importance of introducing a multicultural dimension into teacher education. We also observed that the fact that students did not show much sensitivity towards dealing with cultural diversity was a factor constraining the success of the interventions. These results highlight the importance of proposing and testing teacher education initiatives aiming at preparing them to teach science in a culturally sensitive manner, and also managing classroom tensions and conflicts so as to make it possible an effective dialogue between different ways of knowing in a multicultural setting.
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- 2009
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18. Teaching and Learning about Distant Places: Conceptualising Diversity
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Picton, Oliver James
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This paper reports on a small-scale pilot study undertaken at a secondary school in England, exploring how children learn about and construct distant places. Using drawings, concept mapping and interviews, the research examines the process of learning about Brazil over a period of formal learning, and how teaching and resources influence constructions of place. Findings suggest that children initially deploy stereotypes when they imagine and construct distant places, for example, generic images and understandings of poverty and rural living. The research suggests that during the learning process and the construction of distant place(s), these stereotypes diversify to binary contrasts between self and other, and between different aspects of distant places, for example, urban rich and urban poor. The research goes on to discuss the importance of encouraging children to view places in terms of continuum, continuity and diversity, rather than in terms of difference and contrast. The importance of understanding how constructions of place are socially and culturally derived and the role of educators in encouraging students to critically engage with images of places are emphasised. (Contains 10 figures.)
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- 2008
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19. Spirituality and Education for Global Citizenship: Developing Student Teachers' Perceptions and Practice
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Woolley, Richard
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Education for Global Citizenship (E4GC) offers many opportunities to explore spirituality and a sense of how one fits into the world at a range of levels. Beyond the Curriculum Boundaries is a project that enables student teachers to consider E4GC alongside issues of multiculturalism, antiracism and democracy education, with a strong focus on religious education and geography. This paper outlines the ethos behind the project, identifies key elements and themes, appraises student responses, and evaluates key learning points. Student teachers respond to the module in a variety of ways that inform their learning and teaching, and development takes place on both personal and professional levels: as the project has developed the awareness of children's worldviews and the sense of interconnectedness with others has grown, adding an increasingly spiritual dimension to learning. This article argues that E4GC provides an effective vehicle for supporting the often-overlooked spiritual dimension of children development. (Contains 1 note.)
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- 2008
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20. Competência cultural na gestão da diversidade: estudo de caso em uma biblioteca pública.
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de Oliveira Silva, Bruna Daniele, da Silva Camillo, Everton, and de Souza Brandão Guaraldo, Tamara
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CULTURAL pluralism ,LIBRARY administration ,CULTURAL competence ,DIVERSITY in organizations ,LIBRARY personnel ,PUBLIC libraries - Abstract
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- 2023
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21. From Brazil to Buncombe County: Freire and Posing Problems.
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Caulfield, Peter J.
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Considers whether Freire's problem-posing teaching methods are appropriate in the United States. Examines student-centered approaches in the context of differences between Brazil and North America, particularly cultural pluralism. (SK)
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- 1991
22. RESPOSTAS INDÍGENAS À PANDEMIA: AÇÃO PÚBLICA EM CONTEXTOS DE EMERGÊNCIA.
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Harari, Teresa, De Angelis, Paola, Godinho Peria, Pedro Vianna, and Veronesi, Sophia
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CULTURAL pluralism ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,INDIGENOUS rights ,ETHNIC differences ,COVID-19 pandemic ,REGIONAL differences - Abstract
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- 2023
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23. The woman who chose the terreiro. Lay care and medical landscapes in mental health care in Rio de Janeiro.
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Müller, Manuela R., Ortega, Francisco, and Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
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MENTAL illness treatment ,SOCIAL determinants of health ,HYPERTHYROIDISM ,PHYSICIAN-patient relations ,CULTURAL pluralism ,PSYCHIATRIC treatment ,RELIGION ,HEALTH self-care ,COMORBIDITY ,COGNITIVE therapy - Abstract
Brazilian mental health care reform understands mental health as a complex social process. There is a large literature production within the country focused on deinstitutionalization policy, social determinants of mental health and human rights, however, with little recognition beyond Latin American borders. In addition, cultural dimensions of mental suffering have been neglected in Brazilian debates which limits an expanded understanding of health care and users' inclusion. This paper aims to discuss the role of cultural determinants in mental health care in Brazil. We followed a patient in the city of Rio de Janeiro who opted for therapy based on her religious beliefs—using ayahuasca in the context of the Afro Brazilian religion of Umbanda—over the treatment-as-usual in mental health. We draw on the notions of autoatención (self, domestic, and group-care in lay contexts) and medical landscapes to examine how therapeutic negotiations reflect embodied cultural traits and both social and political determinants shaping therapeutic spaces. We argue that recognizing sociocultural differences and therapeutic negotiations are key elements in making a more inclusive health practice. Moreover, this recognition enables identifying and reasoning the broader social processes framing health practices. This debate is relevant to the Brazilian mental health context and to other scenarios, especially those where local and global knowledge and practices in mental health are entangled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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24. QUAL O LUGAR DAS RELAÇÕES ÉTNICO-RACIAIS NA BASE NACIONAL COMUM CURRICULAR?
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de Oliveira Santos, Karla
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REQUIRED courses (Education) ,EARLY childhood education ,NATIONAL curriculum ,CULTURAL pluralism ,ELEMENTARY education ,EDUCATIONAL equalization ,ETHNIC conflict - Abstract
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- 2022
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25. DIÁLOGOS ENTRE A EDUCAÇÃO PATRIMONIAL E PAULO FREIRE.
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Santos Lucio, Cristina
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CITIZENSHIP education ,CRITICAL thinking ,CULTURAL property ,LIBERTY ,CONSERVATIVES - Abstract
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- 2021
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26. A socially-critical curriculum for PETE: students' perspectives on the approaches to social-justice education of one Brazilian programme.
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Neto, Luiz Sanches, Venâncio, Luciana, Silva, Eduardo Vinícius Mota e, and Ovens, Alan Patrick
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PHYSICAL education teacher education ,CURRICULUM planning ,CULTURAL pluralism ,SOCIAL justice education ,PUBLIC universities & colleges -- Law & legislation ,TEENAGERS ,HIGHER education - Abstract
Brazil is the largest and most influential country in South America with a population of about 211 million. The reality is a country with a wide gap between rich and poor. Many of its issues of (in)equity are related to a complex mix of factors, such as its large population, ethnic and cultural diversity, class and income disparity, late slavery abolishment, unstable democracy and political governance. At a national level, the former Brazilian government attempted to address the challenges outlined above by passing new legislation in 2007 that expanded the services and scope of the federal universities, particularly in respect to increasing access to tertiary education and providing increased support and infrastructure for people of middle- and low-income families. In this paper we analyse a PETE programme offered at one university in the Brazilian Northeast in response to changes introduced as a result of the 2007 legislation. Drawing on the perspectives of graduates from this programme, we examine how they see the complexity of social justice and equity issues from their experience in the course. Data were generated through focus group and individual interviews with former students. We supplemented this with document analysis of key policy and curriculum artifacts produced by the programme, and consultation with professors from the course to better understand the former students' experiential dynamics. Each participant expressed a strong affinity for and orientation towards social justice as an integral aspect of school physical education. The curricular restructuring enables students to engage with a broad range of content underpinned by ethical, political, aesthetic, epistemological, pedagogical and theoretical-methodological principles. We consider that this curricular orientation seeks to meet the regional and local needs so that future physical education teachers, in turn, intervene with a more critical socio-cultural perspective in their teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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27. 'Urban biocultural diversity' as a framework for human–nature interactions: reflections from a Brazilian favela.
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Stålhammar, Sanna and Brink, Ebba
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CITY dwellers ,CULTURAL pluralism ,URBAN planning ,ECOSYSTEM services ,ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ,SQUATTER settlements - Abstract
Biocultural diversity (BCD), denoting the 'inextricable link' between biological and cultural diversity, has traditionally highlighted the coevolution between highly biodiverse regions and the ethnic–linguistic diversity of indigenous communities. Recently, European researchers have relaunched BCD as a conceptual foundation for urban greenspace planning capable of overcoming challenges of the ecosystem services paradigm. However, the methodological foundation for this particular approach to 'urban BCD' is still in its infancy, obscuring precisely how the framework is an advancement for studying different urban residents' experience of and connectedness to nature and biodiversity. In this paper, we further develop the urban BCD concept by using the culturally and biologically diverse city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a 'critical case'. First, we employ qualitative field methods to investigate manifestations of human–nature relationships in the favela (informal settlement) of Rocinha and the neighbouring Tijuca Forest. Second, we reflect on how the urban BCD framework and methodology emphasise i) interrelationships, ii) varied group values and iii) participation, and iv) are sensitising and reflexive. Our findings challenge the 'usual' narrative about favelas as places of environmental degradation and disaster risk, revealing BCD and nature connectedness that are as related to popular culture, fitness ideals and citizen-building, as to traditional livelihoods and spiritual beliefs. Departing from interrelationships, BCD can portray aspects that a narrow focus on 'services' and 'disservices' cannot, but attention should be paid to how operationalisation risks perpetuating ecosystem services thinking. Nevertheless, we identify promising avenues for its use in highly diverse cities with unequal access to natural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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28. Dinâmicas de conhecimento e uso de plantas medicinais em um assentamento rural de Belém do Pará -- PA.
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Correa de Oliveira Melo, Paula Maria, Santos, Ronize da Silva, and Coelho-Ferreira, Marlia
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CULTURAL pluralism ,PLANT communities ,LOCAL knowledge ,SOCIAL influence ,SEMI-structured interviews ,MEDICINAL plants ,PLANT diversity - Abstract
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- 2021
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29. A CONSIDERAÇÃO DA DIVERSIDADE CULTURAL NO ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS: PERCEPÇÕES DE FUTUROS PROFESSORES.
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Ferreira Amorim, Camilla and Baptista, Geilsa
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TEACHERS ,TEACHER training courses ,CULTURAL pluralism ,STUDENT attitudes ,DIVERSITY in education - Abstract
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- 2020
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30. Trayectoria constitucional del patrimonio cultural en Brasil.
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Salomão de Campos, Yussef Daibert
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CULTURAL property ,CONSTITUTIONS ,POLITICS & culture ,BRAZILIAN politics & government ,CULTURAL pluralism ,MULTICULTURALISM - Abstract
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- 2017
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31. Emerging Issues Concerning the Education of Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Brazil and South America.
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Fernanda Dreux M. Fernandes, Claudia R.F. de Andrade, Debora M. Befi-Lopes, Haydée F. Wertzner, and Suelly C.O. Limongi
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SPEECH therapists ,AUDIOLOGISTS ,PROFESSIONAL education ,COLLABORATIVE learning ,CULTURAL pluralism ,TRAINING - Abstract
Diversity is one of the major characteristics of Brazil and all South America. This paper presents an overview of the current situation of the education of speech and language pathologists (SLP) and audiologists in Brazil and in several other countries of South America. This paper also discusses the main challenges shared by these countries. The discussion is focused on the mutual interferences between education and the areas of professional practice, cultural diversity and continued education. There are many emerging issues about the education of SLP and audiologists in South America. The suggested conclusion is that, despite the many differences, the South American SLP and audiologists’ education would benefit from joint efforts and collaborative experiences. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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32. Changing how we build hydropower infrastructure for the common good: lessons from the Brazilian Amazon.
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Moran, Emilio Federico
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WATER power , *COMMON good , *CULTURAL pluralism , *DAM design & construction , *BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
Infrastructure projects like roads and hydroelectric dams are meant to help achieve national economic development goals in Brazil and the Amazon. In the case of hydropower dams, they have a very specific goal: that of producing energy from water sources. Unfortunately, that objective is frequently associated with environmental and social damages that result from the construction of dams. In the Amazon these damages are more serious in terms of the impacts on biological and cultural diversity. The research for this paper is based on 5 years of study by an interdisciplinary team using survey and ethnographic methods, both qualitative and quantitative. This history is repeated frequently, and it becomes necessary to ask what types of changes would be necessary to hydropower projects to begin to have social and environmental positive results. This paper explores the causes of the problems posed by dams and suggests solutions in the process of approval, construction and operation of hydropower dams that could lead to better outcomes for the common good of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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33. Recycling the idea of race: socio-political agenda, transnational business culture, and diversity management in Brazil.
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Jaime, Pedro
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RACE discrimination ,ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,HIGHER education ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,CULTURAL pluralism ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
This article intends to contribute to the line of studies that critically addresses diversity management, bringing the Brazilian experience into the discussion. It aims to demonstrate how large Brazilian companies and transnational corporations operating in the country have been recycling the idea of race in order to cope with the greatest politicisation of debates on the racial issue within the Brazilian public sphere since the late twentieth century. This phenomenon is related to changes in the political actions of the black movement in Brazil, which since the same period has been absorbing the new socio-political agenda existing within the global network of anti-racism advocacy. This is an agenda in which two purposes have a central importance: the battle against racial inequality and the demand for affirmative action policies. The data presented in this paper are part of broader research in which, by means of the biographical method and the ethnographic fieldwork, the social trajectories and career paths of two generations of Brazilian black executives were analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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34. Horizontal inequality and ethnic diversity in Brazil: patterns, trends, and their impacts on institutions.
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Leivas, Pedro Henrique Soares and dos Santos, Anderson Moreira Aristides
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EQUALITY ,CULTURAL pluralism ,DEMOGRAPHY ,ETHNIC groups ,GENDER ,RELIGIONS - Abstract
In this paper, we analyse the patterns and trends of horizontal inequality and ethnic diversity in Brazil in the past 30 years and their effect on the quality of the country’s institutions. Using data from the last four demographic censuses (1980, 1991, 2000, and 2010), we estimate numerous measures to analyse inequalities between different ‘ethnic’ groups. Our results show that, in Brazil between 1980 and 2010, the trend toward greater equality shown in other analyses of vertical inequality, is also found in terms of horizontal inequalities along racial, gender, and regional lines. Nevertheless, horizontal inequalities in terms of race and gender, in particular, remain pronounced. Ethnic diversity regarding race and religion has increased since 1980. Through our regression analysis, we note that both horizontal inequality and ethnic diversity negatively affect the institutional quality of Brazilian municipalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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35. The power of museums with ethnographic collections: two cases in Brazil.
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Russi, Adriana
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PREJUDICES ,INDIGENOUS peoples of South America ,CULTURAL pluralism ,ETHNOLOGY ,MAP collections ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,RELIGIOUS diversity ,COLLECTIONS - Abstract
"The Power of Museums" was the General Conference on the central theme of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 2022 (Prague). This article aims to discuss the ability of ethnographic collections to combat prejudice and promote freedom, cultural diversity, religious diversity, and democracy, among other aspects of human rights. Here, we propose a theoretical reflection on the power of museums, considering the context of the decolonization of ethnographic collections in Brazil. To illustrate the discussion, we briefly present two recent cases in the country that refer to the appreciation of indigenous, religious, and cultural diversity. The first is related to a photographic collection of indigenous peoples that is part of the Museu Paranaense (MUPA) collection in Curitiba (southern Brazil). The second case involves collections from a group of people who descend from enslaved people and members of Terreiros de Umbanda and Candomblé in the city of Rio de Janeiro (southeastern region), which is now preserved at the Museu da Republica. For this purpose, we present a brief context on the historical development of Brazil, its contemporary museum universe, and Associação Brasileira de Antropologia's initiative to map ethnographic collections in Brazil. Both cases reveal experiences of decolonizing ethnographic collections with the direct involvement of the associated communities. These cases demonstrate how it is possible to deconstruct collections shaped within colonialist and prejudiced perspectives by presenting new narratives that appreciate cultures that were previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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36. Implications of the World Report on Disability for responding to communication disorders in Brazil.
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Fernandes, Fernanda Dreux M. and Behlau, Mara
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TREATMENT of communicative disorders ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,HEALTH care reform ,HEALTH services accessibility ,MEDICAL care ,NOSOLOGY ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,CULTURAL pluralism ,REPORT writing ,SPEECH therapists ,OCCUPATIONAL roles - Abstract
The World Report on Disability has resulted in major shifts in healthcare policy in different national scenarios. The current paper seeks to elucidate some of the changes regarding communication sciences and disorders with the ultimate goal of improved service delivery for persons with communication disabilities in Brazil. The inherent national diversity presents major challenges to both planning and service delivery. The task of identifying under-served populations and the specific barriers to access to services and resources is not straightforward, particularly given that 200 million people reside in an area of over 8.5 million km
2 . To address this need, changes have already been implemented, namely increased participation of professional and scientific associations related to communication sciences and disorders. Wylie, McAllister, Davidson, and Marshall (2013) offered a provocative analysis in their recent paper and their positions are further discussed within the current document. The bio-psycho-social model of disability should be the foundation for both public agencies and the academy to enhance this area of concern in research, professional training, and service delivery. The real challenge seems to be providing services with the appropriate level of complexity and specialization required for each unique scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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37. Stuck in the middle of nowhere: cultural policy, development and creative industries in Brazil.
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Santos Vieira de Jesus, Diego and Kamlot, Daniel
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CULTURAL industries ,CULTURAL policy ,CULTURAL pluralism - Abstract
Based on the theoretical works of Amartya Sen and Celso Furtado on the relationship between culture and development, this paper aims to examine the relevance of cultural policy for the development of creative industries in Brazil and identify the main obstacles to the formulation and implementation of cultural policy related to Brazilian creative industries. The central argument indicates that culture expands human freedoms when it admits alternative solutions to social problems by leveraging talent and resources of each country. When cultural policy stimulates creative industries, it brings the possibility of consolidating regional and national identities, promoting cultural diversity and a more democratic access to cultural goods and services, and generating income and job opportunities as a socioeconomic inclusion factor. However, Brazil still lacks the continuity of cultural policies related to creative industries and suffers from financial constraints, the deficiency of technical staff and clientelistic relationships that result in greater dependence of creative professionals on Brazilian Government members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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38. CONAA Council on Nursing & Anthropology Abstracts, 81st Annual Virtual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 18–19 and 22–27, 2021.
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SERVICES for caregivers ,ONLINE education ,SOCIAL determinants of health ,INDUSTRIAL safety ,TRANSITIONAL care ,DIETITIANS ,HEALTH occupations students ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,SOCIAL media ,LEADERSHIP ,MEDICAL care ,ANTHROPOLOGY ,CULTURAL pluralism ,HELP-seeking behavior ,RURAL nursing ,HEALTH literacy ,INSTITUTIONAL racism ,TELECONFERENCING ,DRUGS ,REFUGEES ,AT-risk people ,CULTURAL competence ,NURSES ,PATIENT compliance ,BRAIN injuries ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,COVID-19 pandemic ,FOSTER home care ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,CLOTHING & dress ,RELIGION ,WOMEN'S health - Published
- 2021
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39. Engaging indigenous and academic knowledge on bees in the Amazon: implications for environmental management and transdisciplinary research.
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Athayde, Simone, Stepp, John Richard, and Ballester, Wemerson C.
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FIELDWORK (Educational method) ,FOCUS groups ,HEALERS ,HISTORY ,HONEY ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,INTERVIEWING ,THEORY of knowledge ,RESEARCH methodology ,PARTICIPANT observation ,CULTURAL pluralism ,RESEARCH ,SURVEYS ,TEACHERS ,QUALITATIVE research ,THEMATIC analysis ,HEALTH literacy - Abstract
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- 2016
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40. ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF ONLINE COMUNITIES TO INTEGRATE EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT TEAMS: AN EXPERIENCE IN POPULAR HEALTH EDUCATION IN BRAZIL.
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Barilli, Elomar Castilho, De Freitas Barretto, Stenio, Lima, Carla Moura, and Menezes, Marco Antonio
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VIRTUAL communities ,EDUCATIONAL technology ,HEALTH education ,QUALITATIVE research ,SOCIAL integration ,CULTURAL pluralism - Abstract
This paper is intended to share the results of the assessment of the use of the Online Work Community (OWC), developed in the Moodle technology that was used as an instrument to facilitate the educational and operational processes, intended to share problems and proposals for solution among the 470 members of the development teams, made up of educators, experts, technicians, managers and supporters, connected to the Popular Health Education Qualification Program, aimed at the qualification of the Basic Healthcare (Atenção Básica à Saúde - EdPop-SUS), through the examination of the issues concerning educational practices related to health in the disadvantaged communities of the Federal District and 8 other Brazilian states. The Program, based on critical pedagogy (FREIRE, 1997), sets forth three stages of a familiarization course aimed at 17 thousand healthcare professionals, and another one for a deeper level of understanding, for 8 thousand alumni of the first course. The assessment methodology is based on the Dialogue Assessment (ROMÃO, 2005), in which the assessment took two paths for analysis, a quantitative one and a qualitative one. The first one occurred by means of a survey of the perceptions of the participants, recorded in two online self-applied questionnaires, with open and closed questions that focused on the access, guidance/navigation and functionalities. The other one through the observation of the posts and interventions in the different online spaces of the OWC. The quantitative analysis ratified attendance as a still important characteristic in the Popular Education field, due to the difficulties pointed out by the participants regarding access (31%) and navigation and guidance (42%). The qualitative analysis, having as Speech Analysis as basis, revealed the wealth of the construction process by means of the shared statements and productions, totaling 159 products connected to culture and art. In addition, it evidenced the problems faced, the "political" category being the most significant one for the participants. Thus, the assessment concluded that the OWC allowed social integration between educators and team members, contributing to the implementation of the National Popular Health Education Policy, a government action that brings care, absence of centeredness, dialogue and respect to the community cultural diversity as premises for its implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
41. INDIANIDADE E DIVERSIDADE: O DISCURSO MIDIÁTICO SOBRE CRIME DE ESTUPRO NA ALDEIA BORORÓ.
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de Moraes Santos, Elaine and Biondo, Fabiana
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CULTURAL pluralism , *DISCOURSE analysis , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *TELEVISION programs , *CULTURAL identity , *RAPE - Abstract
Based on news of the rape of a 9-year-old child at Bororó village, located in the city of Dourados, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, this paper discusses how the cultural diversity of indigenous peoples is textualized in MS Record, the local TV news program. Supported by the French Line of Discourse Analysis and the study of social practices, this research analyzes how the television media, when questioning some aspects of the indigenous cultural identity through its supposed uniqueness and legitimacy, strikes out at the human rights and diversity, mostly contesting "privileges" given to indigenous people. Among the power relations inherent to the journalistic discourse and the historicity of the analyzed event, there is a effacement of the crime itself in relation to the (lack of) indianity. Ultimately, there is a dissemination of a prejudiced and discriminatory discourse towards them, particularly about how the courts and Brazilian indigenous protection organizations understand their own native people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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42. Lo nacional y lo global en la telenovela brasileña: identidades culturales, imaginarios contemporáneos y oferta en VoD.
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NÉIA, LUCAS MARTINS and ALMEIDA SANTOS, ANDREZA PATRICIA
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CULTURAL pluralism , *VIDEO on demand , *NATIONALISM , *ORPHANS , *CENTRALITY , *HUMANITARIAN assistance , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *AMERICAN national character - Abstract
The paper discusses national and global interactions from Orphans of a Nation (Órfãos da Terra, Globo, 2019), a Brazilian telenovela that approaches the refugee drama and proposes a new logic in the offering of long-form TV fictions on Video on Demand systems. It is argued that telenovela’s format seeks to keep the centrality in the Brazilian audiovisual scene by investing on fusing melodramatic narratives with contemporary technologies and imaginaries shared around the globe. Reflecting this dialogical relationship, the Brazil of Orphans of a Nation embodies the refuge – where the national identity is supported by cultural diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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43. CORTANDO A CERCA: UMA ESCOLA DO CAMPO FRENTE À MULTICULTURALIDADE CONTEMPORÂNEA.
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Brasil Valentini, Lydia Maria Assis and Rocha, Jefferson Marçal
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PLURAL societies ,CULTURAL pluralism ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,COLLEGE curriculum ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATION policy ,DISCRIMINATION in education - Abstract
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- 2012
44. Music Education and the Construction of Musical Knowledge in Spain and Brazil.
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Mas, Alberto Cabedo and Narita, Flávia Motoyama
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MUSIC ,CULTURAL pluralism ,SOCIAL context ,SCHOOL music ,MANNERS & customs - Abstract
This paper is intended to discuss what counts as musical knowledge in the context of two countries: Spain and Brazil. In Spain, issues concerning cultural diversity in schooling have led us to investigate how both teachers and students conceive the value of different musics in educational contexts. In Brazil, the recent Law 11.769/2008 made music a compulsory subject in schools. Since then, there have been increasing discussions about which music(s) should be considered valid to be taught, and how it can be implemented in different levels of schooling. We are going to address these topics considering the idea that music education can help to shape, perpetuate, legitimate and modify ideologies concerning the value of music. Thus, we claim the importance of opening up musical curricula and incorporating different musics in schooling as a means to construct musical realities in these countries and deconstruct dominant ideologies concerning musical values and meanings. Such concepts will be analyzed according to Green's (1988) theory aiming to celebrate musical practices in order to readapt the function of music education to the social contexts these countries demand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
45. Food security and gender mainstreaming: Possibilities for social transformation in Brazil.
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Lessa, Iara and Rocha, Cecilia
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SOCIAL change ,FEMINISM ,CULTURAL pluralism ,SEX distribution ,SINGLE parents ,STRATEGIC planning ,FOOD safety ,HUMAN services programs - Abstract
While gender mainstreaming strategies are promoted by major international organizations and national governments, a growing literature has reported critiques. This paper focuses on gender mainstreaming strategies as one aspect of a project implemented in Brazil and discusses the effects of the strategy in three urban areas. The analysis suggests that implementation practices can be key to increasing positive gender outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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46. Educação e diversidade cultural.
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de Souza e Silva, Irizelda Martins and Nascimento de Oliveira, Osmar
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EDUCATION ,MULTICULTURALISM ,CULTURAL pluralism ,CULTURAL relations ,COLLEGE teachers ,HISTORY of education - Abstract
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- 2012
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47. Prácticas artísticas antirracistas: Moisés Patrício y Mirta Toledo.
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Bugnone, Ana
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CULTURAL pluralism ,MISCEGENATION ,DISCURSIVE practices ,COLLAGE ,INDIGENOUS art - Abstract
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- 2019
48. Rolim's work of efficiency: oral history and life trajectory.
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BELLO, Maristher Motta
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CULTURAL studies ,ARTISTS ,ORAL history - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to discuss cultural studies, depicting art, history and culture conceptions, taking as reference the cultural studies of Raymond Williams (1972), Stuart Hall (2002- 2009), Homi Bhabha (1998), Tomaz Tadeu da Silva (2000), Walter Benjamin (1985) and the debate among Jean-Claude Forquin (1993), Fernando Hernandez (2000), Philippe Perrenoud (2000), Jean- Pierre Pourtois (1999), Huguette Desmet (1999) and Gaston Bachelard (1962) amid others, crisscrossing them with the discourse analysis of Efigenia Rolim's (born 1931) life and work. This Brazilian artist from Minas Gerais State discovered herself as an artist when she was 60 years old, creating stories and objects from garbage and candy wrapping. From her humble country life to the streets of Curitiba city, she built her way as a performer, creating the persona Efigênia, a poet, a storyteller, an artist who shares the space of squares, schools and museums with melodies, clothing, sculptures and performances by discussing, in a playful and unusual way, universal and complex issues of post-modernity. The artist stated her work as art, a kind of art that her discourse wanders, in large squares and museums. Her work merges into others arts and is object of researching studies, such as an awarded film, papers, articles and publications from diverse fields. Nowadays, aged 80, with the strength and beauty of maturity, she finds space to claim the creation of the Candy Wrapping Alive Museum's, a "ghetto" museum. Efigenia Rolim receives the Medal of the Order of Cultural Merit, in 2008, due to her work and performance, alongside national and foreign personalities who have distinguished themselves in culture. Facing exclusion and poverty, from a marginalized situation to a respected position, Efigenia Rolim's work, sculptural and ephemeral, troubadour and theatrical, reincorporates contemporary subjectivity and teaches about culture, education and humanities. This research reveals that the boundaries amongst history, art and the life of the artist are fused with the complex postmodern world. The present study also draws a visualization to contemporary identities; in those, art, education and curriculum are combined, as well as an appropriate view to our diverse context: a multicultural and multifarious contemporary world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
49. Aspectos Democráticos da Lei de Incentivo à Cultura e sua relação com a promoção do Pluralismo Cultural.
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Carlos Teixeira, Lusvanio, Silva Xavier, Wescley, and Rodrigues de Faria, Evandro
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CULTURAL pluralism ,CULTURAL property ,CULTURAL production ,CULTURAL policy ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CULTURE diffusion ,PERFORMING arts - Abstract
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- 2023
50. Science education and cultural diversity: Freire's concept of dialogue as theoretical lens to study the classroom discourse of science teachers.
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Peñaloza, Gonzalo, Robles-Piñeros, Jairo, and Baptista, Geilsa Costa Santos
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SCIENCE teachers ,CULTURAL pluralism ,SCIENCE education ,SCIENCE classrooms ,CULTURAL education - Abstract
For a long time within the history of education, it has been assumed that science classrooms are homogeneous spaces, constituted with the prevailing conception that only scientific culture can be represented. At the same time, Latin America is characterized by being a region with enormous biological and cultural diversity, with an invaluable biocultural heritage. Building on an interpretative hermeneutical analysis of science teachers' discourses from Brazil and Colombia, we explore the potential of science education to engage with the cultural diversity in science classrooms through the lens of Freire's concept of dialogue. Developing the concept of intercultural dialogue, we identify the teachers' conceptions about the nature of science (NOS), and how they perceive the relationship between scientific and nonscientific knowledge that students bring with them in the process of science teaching and learning. This approach denotes potential tensions and challenges to incorporating and interpreting different knowledge, but it is a necessary process in the development of an emancipatory intercultural, non-dualist, nonhierarchical education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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