Institute for Public Policy Research

The objective of this work was to promote reflection on health and gender, involving the academic community of the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR,Curitibacampus, Paraná) and adolescents outside the university, by means of peer group education. For this, several actions were carried out from October 2017 to December 2019, divided into two stages. In the first, there was the participation of volunteer students and a scholarship holder, employing conversation circles, education concerning gender and sexuality, and an activity enquiring “What is it to be sexy?”, with IFPR students and teachers. In addition, this first stage involved working with children and young people in situations of social vulnerability, from a non-governmental organization (NGO) inCuritiba, providing guidance on sexually transmitted infections, sexuality, and oral hygiene. In the second stage, the students performed educational game activities concerning oral health, together with adolescents from a state school inCuritiba. During this stage, guidance activities were undertaken by students from technical courses linked to high schools, provided by IFPR, addressing topics such as mononucleosis, syphilis, and human papillomavirus (HPV). As a result, the project participants were able to reflect on health and gender with the communities within and external to IFPR, by means of the creation of a space for dialogue among peers, capable of encouraging the autonomy of adolescents in the educational process and in care of their health. It could also be concluded that during this process, the mediators were able to acquire new knowledge and experience as health educators.

O Laboratório Dinâmico Interdisciplinar de Ensino de Ciências (Ladiec) do IFPR Palmas, criado em 2011, tem como objetivo possibilitar um espaço para atividades voltadas ao ensino de Ciências, que promova a integração entre professores e alunos da Educação Básica da região com professores e acadêmicos do IFPR, fomentando a construção do conhecimento por meio de metodologias alternativas propostas pelos participantes. É um local para que os estudantes de licenciatura desenvolvam projetos, recebam apoio durante os estágios supervisionados e frequentem aulas práticas das disciplinas pedagógicas. Os acadêmicos participantes do projeto atuam como monitores em visitas das escolas de Educação Básica e no auxílio para a elaboração de materiais didáticos. Em relação aos acadêmicos e professores, o projeto contribui para uma formação inicial e continuada de qualidade, integrando a teoria com a prática, enquanto que os alunos encontram no Ladiec oportunidades para a construção do conhecimento.

O presente artigo tem a finalidade de destacar alguns aspectos da pesquisa realizada na região Sudoeste Paulista, no período de novembro de 2015 a novembro de 2017, que resultou na dissertação de mestrado intitulada “ciência, terra e poder: uso e apropriação territorial da terra pública pelo capital no Sudoeste Paulista”. O foco das análises está voltado para a compreensão do processo de privatização da terra pública, como elemento primordial para a constituição da propriedade privada e da concentração fundiária no Brasil, fundamentando as bases do latifúndio e do agronegócio; para o debate sobre a função socioambiental da terra, de modo particular da terra pública e a necessidade de propor formas de destinação da terra pública, a partir da perspectiva de um projeto de desenvolvimento societário pautado pela justiça social, econômica e ambiental.

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