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Ethnobiology and Biodiversity Lab
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Courses
Intercultural Education - Núcleo Takinahaky
Description: Different conceptions of nature and environment; organization of biological systems; human interactions with the elements of nature.
Nature and the living world (32h)
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JANEIRO
2020
Description: Brazilian biomes; climate characteristics, water resources and vegetation types of the Cerrado; fauna and flora; adaptations of living organisms in the Cerrado biome; fire ecology; current impacts and conservation of the Cerrado.
Ecology of Cerrado (32h)
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Description: Major environmental issues; natural and man-made processes of biodiversity loss; conservation units and indigenous reserves; in situ and ex situ conservation; values of biological and cultural diversity; sustainable solutions for conservation and development.
Nature Conservation (48h)
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JANEIRO
2020
Indigenous Health (48h)
Description: Food and related diseases; hygiene, basic sanitation, and diseases transmitted by microorganisms; AIDS and STDs; other illnesses (alcoholism, drugs, psychiatric disorders). Traditional and non-indigenous conceptions of disease prevention and treatment.
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Traditional knowledge and
Science Teaching(48h)
Description: Instructional materials for experimentation in Science Teaching: preparation of based on local and traditional knowledge, application, and assessment of instructional materials based on local school contexts; activities to improve Science learning at different school levels. Use of information and communication technologies for experimentation in Science Education within indigenous cultures.
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Environmental Impacts and
Territorial management (48h)
Description: Human population growth (time and space), uses of natural resources and related environmental problems; main environmental impacts and their consequences on indigenous territories; mitigating and compensatory measures; national indigenous environmental and territorial management policy (PNGATI).
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Contemporary studies in
ethnosciences (48h)
Description: Topics related to indigenous students' interests within Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
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Diversity of life (48h)
Description: Origin of life, origins, and characteristics of living organisms, biodiversity patterns. Taxonomy and biological classification in different cultures.
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Chemical Transformations and
traditional knowledge (48h)
Description: Transformations and changes of matter and its contextual and cultural relations; chemical reactions: concepts, applications, and their consequences in different contexts. Characterization of traditional knowledge with non-indigenous applications through a transdisciplinary view; search for paths to sustainability.
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