Da narrativa à ilustração, um trajeto no desenvolvimento da criatividade

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Educação Visual e Tecnológica no Ensino BásicoEsta investigação insere-se no âmbito do segundo ciclo escolar, do ensino básico, do mestrado profissionalizante, com vista à aplicação de um método de investigação em forma de estudo de caso numa turma na área de Educação Visual e Tecnológica (EVT). O estudo integra os alunos que frequentam o 6º ano de escolaridade, de uma escola do distrito de Braga. Compreende a análise de trabalhos gráficos e questionários realizados pelos alunos. Este trabalho tem um carácter exploratório e auto refletivo e o seu objeto de estudo é sobre as capacidades interpretativas das crianças na forma como ilustram uma história. Através das imagens, pretende-se estudar o impulso criativo, tendo como suporte a imaginação e a memória relativamente à forma como a criança descreve e ilustra as suas ideias. O tema nasce da procura de fundamentar que a arte de desenhar está inerente à fantasia e à imaginação, sendo estes elementos fundamentais para uma real aprendizagem, que pode ter impulso nas palavras, uma vez que, estas são por vezes uma fonte criativa. Ver nas histórias um trampolim para a criatividade ou a magia de podermos ser quem quisermos. Espero que este trabalho contribua para uma melhor valorização do ato criativo e fomente o recurso aos livros como motor sugestivo do instinto criador. Acima de tudo, possa contribuir para uma melhoria das práticas, para melhor formar o indivíduo, como estratégia de desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, integrada no processo de investigação ação, que promoveu a minha reflexão sobre novas formas, novas abordagens metodológicas, nas atividades educativas.This research falls within the scope of the second cycle basic school education,integrated in a professional master’s degree, with a view to the application of a method of investigation in the form of study case in a class of Visual and Tecnological Education. The study includes students who attends the 6 th grade at a school in the distrct of Braga. Comprises the analysis of questionaires and graphic works by students. This study has an exploratory and self reflective way and its object of study is the interpretative skills of children and how they illustrate a story. The theme comes from looking for reasons that the art of drawing is inherent in the fantasy and the imagination,which are essential to a real learning. It may also have a boost in the words, since these are sometimes a creative source. To see stories as a springboard for creativity and the magic that we can be who we want. I hope this work will contribute for a better appreciation of the creative act and encourages the use of books as a creative instinct engine. Above all may it contributes to an improvement of practices, to better train individuals,to be used as strategy for a personal and professional development, integrated into the research process that promoted my reflection on new forms and new approaches in educational activities

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora