Essays about: "brasil"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word brasil.

  1. 1. Technology Integration and Higher Education : Comparing Brazilian in-service teachers’ perspectives about the use of technological resources before and during the pandemic

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Sidney Pereira Da Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : Pedagogy; Technology-Enhanced Learning; Higher Education; Brazil; TPACK; COVID-19; Technology and Education.; Pedagogia; Aprendizado Aprimorado por Tecnologia; Ensino Superior; Brasil; TPACK; COVID-19; Tecnologia e Educação;

    Abstract : Recent research has persistently emphasized that education is broken and that the solutions lie with technological resources in educational institutions and teaching methods (Teräs et al., 2020), which has generated a techno-solutionism approach of Edtech companies (Mirrlees & Alvi, 2019). READ MORE

  3. 2. Mining and Indigenous Peoples' rights: an analysis of the Brazilian Amazon from an international human rights law perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Liliana Picchi Cappuccelli; [2022]
    Keywords : Mining; gold; Indigenous Peoples; Brazilian Amazon; Indigenous lands; sustainable development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The present study seeks to understand the impacts of mining on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Brazilian Amazon. For this purpose, after an introduction of the context of mining historically, socially, and geographically in Brazil, a framework of Indigenous Peoples’ rights is described, and each right analyzed separately. READ MORE

  4. 3. “I don’t have to say thank you for what is my right” : Social movement networks and public policies for migrant women in Florianópolis, Brazil

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Gabriela Martini dos Santos; [2021]
    Keywords : Immigration; Public Policies; Migrant women; Social movement networks; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brazil.; Imigração; Políticas Públicas; Mulheres migrantes; Redes de movimentos sociais; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brasil.;

    Abstract : Brazil, like other Latin American countries, has witnessed an increase in south-south migration rates in the last decade. This scenario led to important changes in migration policies at the Federal level – the update of the conservative Foreigner Statute from 1980 to a rights-based Migration law in 2017 is the prime example of how migration flows can contribute to the promotion of rights and strengthen democracy in host societies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigating the state of rural water supply in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - a regional study on the implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6.1: safe and affordable drinking water for all

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Joel Häggqvist; Andreas Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Drinking water; Sustainable development goal 6; Rural water supply; Water safety; Rio Grande do Sul; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Access to clean drinking water is a human right and a necessity for life, yet many rely on precarious water sources across the world. The United Nations outlines a great aspiration in Agenda 2030 - that safe and affordable drinking water should be available for all by 2030. READ MORE

  6. 5. Location decisions regarding forest plantations in Brazil : Which aspects are important to actors in the Brazilian tree industry?

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Katarina Nilsson Lannerstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : Eucalyptus; sustainable development; land use; decision-making; policy; legislation; independent forest certification; economic sustainability; environmental sustainability; social sustainability;

    Abstract : Brazilian productive forest plantations and sustainability is a continuous subject of debate, since such forest plantations constitute an increasing proportion of the Brazilian forest cover, and because of documented instances where some establishments have resulted in negative impacts on local ecosystems and communities. Meanwhile, balancing economic, environmental and social sustainability is becoming an important concern in industrial decision-making given the increasing importance of the global sustainability goals. READ MORE