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In this issue we present a section dedicated to the thematic dossier “REVISITING INTERNATIONALIZATION: discussions and challenges on internationalization policies in education”, with ten articles, an interview and the editorial written by the organizers. In addition to these important contributions, which present and discuss internationalization in education, we present four other articles in the areas of Science and Education.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Paula de Castro, Fernanda Soares Luz , Inez Barcellos de Andrade , Marcos Abraão Fernandes Ribeiro http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Internationalization in Education: the role of Ifal in academic mobility and its impacts on student development
This article presents an excerpt from the author's Master's Dissertation, entitled “Student pathways of international academic mobility: an exploratory study on the experiences of students from the Federal Institute of Alagoas”, defended in 2021 at the University of Minho (Uminho) in Portugal. The study aimed to investigate the international academic mobility experiences of seven students from the Federal Institute of Alagoas (Ifal). The analysis focused on highlighting the knowledge gained and the impact it had on the participants' academic and personal development, as well as identifying how the experiences acquired abroad were shared within Ifal, seeking to understand their effect on both the students and the institution as a whole, although the benefits may not have been uniformly perceived by all.
Dossiê Temático: REVISITANDO A INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO: discussões e desafios sobre políticas de internacionalização na educação
Copyright (c) 2025 Carla Cristina Real Vieira de Andrade http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
International professional development of teachers and decolonizing resistance
In short-term international training, but mainly in graduate studies of teachers-researchers, the approach and colonized knowledge and/or whitewashed become challenges, as well as in international publishing and on recognition of Brazilian academic publishing through indexes created by academic colonizers. Introduced by the diverse experiences on short and long-term training, in North America and Europe, and as editor of academic journal in Brazil, the author reflects on colonizing experiences suffered, the need of decolonizing resistance, sanctions suffered and their roots, and some possible paths for Brazilian teachers-researchers and the current educational Brazilian scientific society.
Copyright (c) 2025 Camila Gasparin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Science Communication and Science Education through podcasts: the case of IFFcast
The popularization of scientific knowledge is an important tool capable of endowing citizens with skills that allow for the analysis and evaluation of situations inherent in decision-making regarding political, social, scientific, environmental, and other issues. In this context, the IFFcast podcast program is born with the objective of democratizing knowledge that often remains restricted to the academic community, combating science misinformation, pseudosciences, and promoting scientific outreach. Since 2019, IFFcast has released 99 original and unpublished episodes on major streaming platforms of its genre. Therefore, this article aimed to profile listeners based on statistical metrics provided by the Anchor platform, responsible for distributing the episodes, mainly mapping age groups, thematic preferences, and gender diversity of the audience reached. The results show that there is gender parity in reach between men and women despite the majority of this format's audience being male. The most representative age group is composed of individuals between 28 and 34 years old. Although the promotion of new IFFcast episodes involves different strategies and social media, 55% of shares occur through the WhatsApp social network. Lastly, it is evident that podcasts are successful digital formats for scientific outreach, demonstrating a consolidated presence on streaming platforms of this genre, although numerous epistemological obstacles still need to be overcome.
Copyright (c) 2025 Mayara Felix Janio Pereira, Rafael Soares Salles, Bruno de Castro Jardim http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Continuing education for teachers of Youth and Adult Education: a reflective analysis
Youth and Adult Education (EJA) in Brazil has been the subject of numerous academic discussions, particularly regarding how to effectively address the specific needs of this population—especially with the expansion of the modality into Professional and Technological Education (EPT). One of the most debated points is teacher education, due to the need to reshape pedagogical practices and knowledge, emphasizing the importance of continuing education for teachers, both in initial training and in the professional development of their students. In this context, this article analyzes the importance of teacher education for effective pedagogical practice within the EJA modalities: PROEJA and PROEJA FIC. The research adopted the method of systematic literature review, selecting four critical and reflective studies conducted in Brazilian educational institutions focused on EJA. The study concludes that teacher education for EJA, in its various forms, must be expanded to enhance pedagogical practice and better address the specific needs of this educational demand.
HUMAN SCIENCES: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ​
Copyright (c) 2025 Maria de Fátima Pimentel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Internationalization Policies in Basic Education: Insertions in Teacher Education
This article discusses the process of the internationalization of education in Brazil, with an emphasis on teacher training. It examines how internationalization, initially focused on higher education, has also come to influence basic education through public policies and academic mobility programs such as Science Without Borders, Languages Without Borders, and initiatives developed in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Mercosur. The discussion is grounded in the contributions of Thiesen (2017, 2019), Passoni, El Kadri, and Oliveira (2024), Damasceno and Bethônico (2020), as well as reflections based on decolonial perspectives from Mignolo (2005, 2017), highlighting developments during the period from 2020 to 2025. Through intersections with the legal framework, the National Common Curricular Base, and current programs, the paths taken, the political choices made, and the forms of international integration being prioritized are questioned, suggesting more inclusive and contextualized alternatives for teacher education.
internationalization in teacher education
Copyright (c) 2025 Poliana Quintiliano Silvesso de França, Déborah Marinho de Carvalho Ortega, Thaissa Moreira Prado http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Motivations, impressions, and emotions: PUCPR's “Global Classes” internationalization program from the students’ point of view
With the search for internationalization processes in higher education, Brazilian universities have also begun incorporating programs that contribute to this learning. Based on this, this work sought to investigate the profile and perspective of students enrolled in the Global Classes disciplines provided by the PUCPR’s Internationalization in Home program, from a questionnaire answered by 97 students seeking to understand their motivations and emotions, through a bibliographic review. As a result, it was found that the participant's profile is composed of 70% of individuals who have already studied the language of the discipline, which favors emotions of confidence, calm, and enthusiasm about the language and content. However, there are still dysregulating emotions that can be motivated by the lack of monitors in the classroom, since 66.7% of students do not have this possibility. With this, it is concluded that the disciplines offer a favorable basis for integration and acquisition, together with the contents of the courses and the dynamics of each area. Still, it is perceived that this can be amplified since the construction of an emotionally adept person helps in self-regulation and the individual search of each student for acquisition.
Copyright (c) 2025 Katleen Hack da Silva, Karina Aires Reinlein Fernandes http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
For a critical internationalization of education: an analysis of the internationalization policy of the Federal Institute of Parana
Traditional models of internationalization in education have historically been shaped by institutions from the Global North, reproducing epistemological and cultural inequalities in academia under the endorsement of modern science. Resisting these patterns, this article aims to analyze the conceptions of internationalization underlying the internationalization policy of the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR), through a decolonial and critical perspective on education internationalization. In this context, the research proposes a reorientation of these processes based on border thinking and the valorization of Southern epistemologies, emphasizing the need to recognize marginalized knowledge and promote horizontal cooperation practices both locally and globally. The analysis reveals a concrete attempt by IFPR to challenge Eurocentric patterns by adopting the principle of reciprocity, fostering South-South partnerships, and developing a culture of comprehensive and home-based internationalization, among other aspects aimed at a more critical internationalization of education.
Copyright (c) 2025 Alencar Guth http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Internationalization of Higher Education in the Brazilian context: challenges in constructing an autonomous, decolonial, and socially engaged national agenda
The Internationalization of Higher Education is a growing cultural and political movement in Brazil. Broadly understood as a process, product, and comprehensive mechanism of institutional management (Knight, 2004; Hudzik, 2015; De Wit, 2019), it encompasses issues of power, competitiveness, coloniality, politics, language, and multiculturalism, topics that remain insufficiently assimilated and studied, yet are crucial for this movement to foster positive and emancipatory social and institutional shifts within our Higher Education institutions (Finardi; Mendes; Silva, 2022; Santos; Chagas; Costa; Moraes-Filho, 2024; Chagas, 2024; Lourenço; Neres, 2024). In this article, we delve into these discussions with the aim of problematizing how the Internationalization of Higher Education has been perceived in the Brazilian context and through this analytical exercise, we intend to outline some of the key challenges that must be overcome in order to advance toward the development of a contemporary, autonomous, decolonial, and socially engaged agenda for this movement within the national context. We hope that the discussions presented herein may contribute to academic research in the field as well as to the formulation of public and institutional policies regarding the Internationalization of Higher Education in Brazil.
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Copyright (c) 2025 Lucas Araújo Chagas http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Internationalization: challenges and implementation in technical education: interview
Entrevista com o Diretor de Relações Internacionais do Instituto Federal do Paraná, Daniel Bussolaro, concedida a Revista Vértices e realizada pelas Organizadoras do Dossiê Temático.
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Perspective and Profile of the Professors from PUCPR's Internationalization Program “Global Classes”
This article explores the theme of internationalization at home, examining the profiles of professors in the Global Classes program, which offers classes in an additional language, at a university in southern Brazil. To achieve this, bibliographic and documentary research were conducted, followed by the development of a semi-structured online questionnaire, which was applied to professors in the program. Through the data collected, it was possible to assess how the program's implementation happened in the institution and to articulate that trajectory with the profile of the participant professors. It was noted that most are experienced professionals who are very interested in this area. However, plenty still do not feel secure and/or qualified to minister a class entirely in an additional language. This could be because of a lack of confidence in their linguistic and theoretical knowledge. Therefore, the importance of adopting a perspective that decentralizes the native speaker is highlighted. It is believed that it was possible to observe how the program proposed has been developed, expanding the research on internationalization in Higher Education.
Copyright (c) 2025 Nicole Nascimento Gomes Santos, Karina Aires Reinlein Fernandes http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Interview with Professor Arthur Soffiati
Arthur Soffiati has a degree in History from the Faculty of Philosophy of Campos (1973), a master's degree in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1996), and a doctorate in Social History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001). He has experience in the field of Social History, with an emphasis on Environmental History. He is currently a retired associate professor at the Federal University of Fluminense.
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The Hinterlands and their news beginnings: João Alfaiate and the occupation process of the banks of the Itabapoana River in the 19th century
The northern hinterlands were the last regions of the Captaincy/Province of Rio de Janeiro to undergo the occupation and territorialization process, which only happened in the 19th century. Since the beginning of the century, there have been reports of a slow movement of occupation in the territory, which had been establishing forms of interaction with neighboring areas that were already in the integration process into the central power. The aim of this article is to understand the occupation and settlement of these areas through the agents who moved through and/or settled on those borders. To this end, the trial of “João Alfaiate” - a fugitive who sought shelter in the “Sertões do Itabapoana” as a way of escaping justice - was used to understand how these frontiers were seen and experienced by his contemporaries during the early 19th century.
Copyright (c) 2025 Paula Aparecida Martins Borges Bastos, Fabrício Luiz Pereira http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Precocity and production of experimental and commercial strawberry genotypes in a recirculating semi-hydroponic system
The knowledge of the behavior and production of experimental cultivars and genotypes under conditions of medium altitude and higher air temperature is essential to expand strawberry productive areas and maintain traditional cultivation areas for greater food security in the face of climate change and sustainability of agroecosystems. Twelve genotypes were evaluated among cultivars and experimental hybrids with neutral and short days in a medium altitude region (475 m). The short-day genotypes FSCR105 and day-neutral Gaia are the earliest, while Monterey, Camiño Real, and Camarosa are the latest. The Gaya hybrid has a higher production than San Andreas and Albion, with the additional advantage of producing a greater quantity of fruits per plant in the warmer months of the year. Short-day cultivars Camarosa and Jônica and the hybrid Ceres maintain or even surpass production when compared to other genotypes with the same reaction to photoperiod in months with average maximum temperatures above 28 ºC. The stolon production of the genotypes is concentrated in the months of January to March.
Copyright (c) 2025 Francisco Olmar Gervini de Menezes Júnior, Alexandra Goede de Souza, Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende, Laura Souza Santos, Bruna Emanuelle Silva http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Internationalization in education: a reflective analysis of the Extension Project “Science at the Border”: expanding the boundaries of knowledge
This article presents a reflective analysis of the experience carried out within the extension project “Science at the Border” (Soja et al., 2023), aiming to discuss its contributions to the promotion of interdisciplinary practices and the strengthening of internationalization in education. The research adopts a qualitative approach in order to identify the structural elements of the project's pedagogical proposal that highlight its formative potential. The developed reflection demonstrates that extension project initiatives grounded in interdisciplinarity not only foster the integration of teaching, research, and outreach, but also expand the possibilities for the internationalization of education by promoting dialogue among different cultures, forms of knowledge, and territories. In this sense, the relevance of university extension is reinforced as a tool for social transformation and civic education.
Copyright (c) 2025 Paluma Dionizia Gomes Costa Silva, Maria Antonia Ramos de Azevedo , Ana Cecilia Soja http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Letters of Freedom (1885-1888) and Resistance: Reflections for the Teaching of History in Technical and Vocational Education and Training
This article comes from research by the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT) at IFFluminense, whose objective is to promote a study based on the letters of Freedom, documents from primary sources, located at the Documentation Center located in the Carangola/MG, at Bom Jesus do Itabapoana Campus, in order to contribute to the promotion of anti-racist education. The study methodology is based on bibliographical research, documentary research and field research. Based on an anti-racist education proposal, the investigation is materialized through a short course, structured in two distinct moments. The first focuses on the context from the occupation by the Lannes Family to the emancipation of Carangola, highlighting the historical facts related to the settlement of the region and slave relations. The second, through bibliographical research, classifies the Letters of Freedoom, in order to highlight the enslaved as subjects of the process, their forms of resistance and survival strategies. The results indicate that it is essential to present ethnic-racial issues from a different perspective, other than that of Europe, but capable of highlighting the cultural richness of African societies.
Copyright (c) 2025 Dayane de Barros Mazotto, Jefferson Manhães de Azevedo, Karina Hernandes Neves http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Experiencing Internationalization: learning and challenges in a teacher training program for Brazilian educators in Ireland
This work discusses the importance of internationalization in education, highlighting its historical presence in Brazil through exchanges and cooperation with European countries, based on the experience of the second group of teachers who participated in the professional development course in Leadership and Educational Management offered by Mary Immaculate College in Ireland between 2023 and 2024. The account of this successful experience illustrates the benefits and challenges of internationalization in both face-to-face and remote formats. The program, aimed at Basic Education professionals, was funded by CAPES and launched in 2019. In each of its three editions, the program included an online training and selection phase with 120 participants and a ten-month face-to-face training in Ireland for the thirty selected participants. Both the course and the experience of living in the country provided exposure to innovative pedagogical practices, debates, and reflections on cultural differences, and the development of English language skills, flexibility, and teamwork. The in-person experience allowed for deeper immersion, the building of bonds, and knowledge exchange, while the remote format offered greater accessibility and flexibility. It is concluded that both modalities are complementary and essential for professional development and the formation of communities of practice, which collectively strengthen Brazilian education through enriching international experiences.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Cecilia Soja, Poliana Quintiliano Silvesso de França, Priscila Célia Giacomassi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Political impacts of petro-dependence on Rio de Janeiro's municipalities
Since the late 1990s and early 2000s, municipalities bordering the Bacia de Campos (Campos dos Goytacazes basin) have received financial resources from oil and gas production, in the form of indemnities and compensation for the environmental, social, and economic impacts caused by extractive activity. This article aims to analyze the evolution of the political indicators of municipalities in different regions of the state of Rio de Janeiro over the last 20 years, comparing them with similar units that do not receive royalties and special participations. The aim is to analyze whether there has been an impact of these large resources on indicators of electoral participation, party competition, fragmentation of municipal councils, and gender participation in local power. Strong negative effects were found on electoral competition for the legislature and moderate effects on majoritarian elections, as well as on absenteeism (blank and null ballots). However, no impacts were detected on voter turnout or on gender participation variables in elections.
Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Moraes Peixoto, Bruna Gomes de Oliveira, Davi Athaydes Leite, Rafael Soares Salles http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
“You have to get off the island to see the island”: Perspectives of Mentoring and Leadership in Schools Through the Internationalization of Teacher Education in Brazilian Basic Education
This study explores the role of responsible internationalization in Brazilian Basic Education, focusing on mentoring and collaborative leadership in schools. The objective is to analyze how the exchange of good practices between different educational realities, such as the Irish and Brazilian, can strengthen the development of teacher leadership. The methodology is based on qualitative research, centered on the authors’ experiences during the professional development program held in Ireland between 2023 and 2024 by CAPES. Preliminary results highlight the importance of collaborative professionalism in addressing common school challenges, including resistance to change and limited resources. It concludes that responsible internationalization can enhance educational transformation.
Copyright (c) 2025 Gildete Cecilia Neri Santos Teles, Annette Cregan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Revisiting the Internationalization of Higher Education in Brazil: Strategies, Challenges, and Development Opportunities
This article aims to provide a critical-explanatory analysis of the internationalization of higher education in Brazil, addressing some of the strategies and policies that have been implemented. It examines the impact of these policies, discusses the obstacles, and rethinks bureaucratic strategies in order to propose openings that facilitate the paths for internationalization to truly become part of the reality for Brazilian education professionals. This work also seeks to clarify guidelines on how to execute the processes for the recognition and validation of diplomas through the Carolina Bori platform. The conclusions suggest the need to improve clarity in the recognition processes and coordination between CAPES, the Department of Education (MEC), and other entities to ensure the effectiveness of internationalization policies.
Copyright (c) 2025 Anna Cecília Castor http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The current environmental crisis: the case of northwest Rio de Janeiro State
From the 19th century onwards, the history of great events, dynasties, kings, and battles was invaded by the working classes, women, the poor, the enslaved, the former European colonies in America, Africa and Asia. New objects were created by historians. Marxism and the Annales School revolutionized history. The political decolonization of the world created new national states and new histories began to be written from new perspectives. Underneath and outside the issues restricted to human beings, a new issue began to emerge slowly and progressively throughout the world. The developmental model born of the English industrial revolution was taken as the standard by countries that wanted to reach the level of “progress”. To do so, they had to industrialize, consume resources and generate waste. The limits of the planet began to be reached. The environmental issue emerged and became a new branch of history. It is a field that is still little explored by academia, but which is gaining ground. This article aims to summarize the environmental situation in the northwest of Rio de Janeiro from the perspective of environmental history, stimulating future research.
Seasonal analysis of the chemical profile of leaves of Lecythis pisonis (Lecythidaceae)
In this study, leaves of the species Lecythis pisonis Cambess. (Lecythidaceae), also known as sapucaia in Portuguese, were used. With this work, we aimed to evaluate the interference of seasonality in the chemical profile of this species. To this end, a collection was carried out at four different times of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter). With the MeOH and MeOH/H2O extracts, tests were carried out to quantify the flavonoid and phenolic content in general. With the extracts in hexane, analyses of the majority components were carried out using GC-MS, which demonstrated differences in their profile depending on the season. In this procedure, chemical constituents were also identified that are being reported in the family and species for the first time. These results suggest that seasonality influences the chemical composition of this species.
Copyright (c) 2025 Júlia Ribeiro Nascimento, Kissila Gomes Barreto, Manuella Batista Machado Ferreira, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Matos, Leda Mathias http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Learning science in a playful way through interactive classroom dynamics
Nowadays, it is necessary to renew the ways in which teachers transmit knowledge to students. Therefore, classroom dynamics such as rule following game, role play, and games are important strategies to be used in the classroom. With the present study, we aim to assist the construction of knowledge through dynamic food chain building on students' prior knowledge. To survey the students' previous conceptions, a quiz was applied to a total of 55 students (between 11 and 13 years old) at a public school in the city of São Pedro da Aldeia (Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil). We have found that although some students were already aware of the topic addressed, they still had several misconceptions. After the dynamics, the same quiz was once more applied to compare to students’ previous answers. Student’s knowledge related to the dynamics of the food chain theme has improved significantly. The proposals of classes with games associated with prior knowledge are tools that may help to improve the learning, as these types of classes attract the attention of students.
Copyright (c) 2025 Judson da Cruz Lopes da Rosa, Daiane da Cruz Rosa Almeida, Valdir Braz da Silva Neto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Hypoxia zone and functional group losses in zooplankton community structure
The oxygen in the oceans is decreasing, and this topic is little commented on in scientific studies. The reduction in oxygen occurs mainly in places that receive a greater availability of nutrients, either naturally or anthropically, which increases the excessive proliferation of phytoplankton that develop the hypoxic zones. Hypoxic zones are increasing with the effects of land use and fertilizers, global warming, and climate change among other reasons. In this review, the following were analyzed: 1) hypoxia zone increase associated with natural anthropogenic effects such as: eutrophication, global warming and climate change, 2) the correlation found in pelagic food web with loss of functional group with emphasis on zooplankton community as a response to adaptations in the hypoxia zone. Hypoxia zones have been causing changes in the food web on a global scale, and this effect becomes even more evident if steps are not taken to reduce effluents and environmental imbalances.
Copyright (c) 2025 Judson Cruz Lopes Rosa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In the present volume, 26, n. 2 of Vértices, we present eight articles, the first five of which are a section with texts that constitute a thematic dossier originating from the "XII Encontro de Sustentabilidade em Projeto", whose best works were selected for publication in our journal. The following three articles originate from the continuous flow and were also approved for publication in the journal.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Paula de Castro , Fernanda Soares Luz, Inez Barcellos de Andrade http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Salvinia spp. in the post-treatment of landfill leachate
The study aimed to evaluate the tolerance of the aquatic macrophyte Salvinia spp. and quantify the removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in the post-treatment of landfill leachate. The leachate was collected at the outlet of the facultative lagoon of the landfill in the municipality of Monte Carmelo (Brazil). The experiment was set up in a greenhouse, in triplicate, using 1.5 L plastic containers for the experimental units. For each experimental unit, 1 L of leachate and four arrangements of young and medium-sized aquatic macrophytes were added, which remained for twenty-one days in the greenhouse. The contact times evaluated were 0, 2, 7, 14 and 21 days. Dilutions of the leachate were evaluated (25%, 50% and 100%) and the “blank test” for control. The samples collected were analyzed to determine COD according to the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater methodology. The phytoremediation technique with Salvinia spp. proved to be a promising and efficient in the post-treatment of the leachate treated at the landfill, removing approximately 58% of the COD from the leachate from the 100% Experimental Unit.
Copyright (c) 2025 Mikaelle Maria Alves Garcia, Daiane Gabriela Ribeiro, Edmar Isaias Melo, Roseli Mendonça Dias http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Curricular Internships and Partner Companies: Comprehensive Training in Vocational and Technological Education (TVET) according to the state of knowledge
The objective of this study is to present, through the state of knowledge, the relationship between the comprehensive education of students in Vocational and Technological Education and the internship process in the granting companies. In some of the courses integrated with high school in Federal Institutes, the provision of these internships is a fundamental part of the completion of the educational path of students. When studying at IFs, these students often come across theoretical knowledge and more applied practice at the time of the internship. Therefore, it is necessary to seek to understand how internships occur in non-formal environments, since this articulation between theory and practice contributes significantly to the comprehensive education of these students. This study was carried out through a bibliographic review, and the CAPES, BDTD and PROFEPT Observatory platforms were used as a database. As a result of this investigation, it was noted that there are studies and scientific works that address supervised curricular internship and comprehensive training, but there is a lack regarding the aspects of internships and the relationship with supervisors and partner companies in a training context for everyone involved in this process.
Copyright (c) 2025 Léo Marcos Werner, Daniela Copetti Santos http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Educational digital games in EPT: a focus on pedagogical approaches
The objective of this research was to analyze the digital games used in pedagogical practices by teachers of the Department of Computing (DECOM) course at CEFET-MG, with the aim of verifying whether these games can be classified as educational. The main authors who were part of the theoretical framework about games and game design were: Man (2021), Schell (2011), Boller (2013) and Reeve (2012). About games and learning: Ang, Avni and Zaphiris (2008), Fardo (2013) and Prensky (2012). About pedagogical approaches: Lima (2018), Leão (2021) and Siemens (2004). About Professional and Technological Education: Dallabona and Fariniuk (2016). Methodologically, the research was qualitative and descriptive. The technical procedure was an experiment in digital games Robocode, Flexbox Froggy and Gridgarden. It was concluded that these games can be classified as educational, as they contain elements of game mechanics and the principles of one or more pedagogical approaches.
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Copyright (c) 2025 Dalva de Souza Minoda, Márcia Gorett Ribeiro Grossi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Educational management: the implementation of the Heteroidentification Committee at IFFluminense to implement racial quotas
Brazil has a historical debt to its original peoples and black people. The structural racism that prevails in the country widens the discrepancy in the educational level of black and brown people and generates a high level of social vulnerability due to the lack of opportunities for the group. Therefore, the establishment of affirmative policies is of great importance in public education. This work describes the implementation of the Heteroidentification Committee at IFFluminense and questions the fact that the inspection tool is only used in postgraduate selection processes. The methodology used in the research is qualitative based with documentary analysis at different scales. Quality basic and technical education is still not a guarantee for the majority of black and brown people in Brazil. Fighting for the implementation of racial quotas at all levels of education is seeking equity and greater opportunities to achieve citizenship.
Copyright (c) 2025 Karina Ribeiro Soares Reis, Niltom Vieira Junior http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Concrete reinforced by helical metal fibers
The purpose of adding metallic fibers (filiform elements) to cementitious matrices is to increase the toughness of these brittle materials. The lateral confinement technique, using spiral reinforcement or stirrups, is capable of increasing the compressive strength of the confined core of cement matrices. Thus, this work aimed to use helical metal fibers (two-dimensional elements) with the aim of increasing both the toughness and the compressive strength of concrete. So, an experimental program was carried out in order to determine the compressive strength and residual strength (toughness index) of five types of concrete, varying the volume fraction of helical metal fibers from 0 (reference concrete) to 2%, every 0.5%. The results obtained indicated that the helical metal fibers were able to increase the residual strength of concrete by up to 30% (concrete with 2% of helical fibers), these increases being linear and directly proportional to the amount of fibers added, but they did not have a significant influence on the compressive strength of the final products. However, more tests need to be carried out, varying the helical fiber parameters, to confirm these preliminary results.
Materiais e Tecnologias Não convencionais
Copyright (c) 2025 Ester Borges de Albuquerque, Dylmar Penteado Dias http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0