A Educação Ambiental para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável com atividades interdisciplinares na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA)

Este estudo apresenta problemas do cotidiano, ligados ao ambiente, que sob a forma de atividades interdisciplinares diversificadas podem ser desenvolvidas na escola e assim valorizar a participação dos estudantes na comunidade, visando a Educação Ambiental para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Participaram do trabalho, 41 alunos e 02 professores pertencentes a duas escolas (uma particular e uma pública estadual) de Educação de Jovens e Adultos em um município do interior do Rio Grande do Sul.  Envolveu atividades interdisciplinares com conteúdos de Biologia e Artes que proporcionaram aulas com a valorização da pesquisa e o desenvolvimento da educação ambiental através do estudo do ambiente como tema motivador para o exercício da cidadania. A metodologia envolveu estratégias de ensino como: aula expositiva dialogada e participativa; atividades interdisciplinares de Biologia e Artes na resolução de problemas. As atividades interdisciplinares foram eficientes na aprendizagem dos alunos ao propiciar a associação com temas e fatos do cotidiano, evidenciados através de verbalizações, apresentações e representações gráficas. Contatou-se a falta de incentivo nas escolas para que se estabeleçam condições em que o conhecimento se torne dinâmico e possa aproximar as práticas pedagógicas da realidade dos estudantes

ANATO MOBILE: Desenvolvimento colaborativo de um sistema de aplicativos para o ensino e a aprendizagem em anatomia humana em cursos superiores da área da saúde

Este artigo discute o desenvolvimento colaborativo de uma série de aplicativos que compõem o sistema Anato Mobile para o ensino e a aprendizagem em anatomia humana em cursos superiores da área da saúde. Estudos que problematizam metodologias voltadas ao mobile learning são cada vez mais representativos em função da convergência do uso das tecnologias para dispositivos móveis conectados à internet. Portanto, o objetivo foi investigar o impacto sobre o desempenho e sobre as percepções de acadêmicos da construção coletiva e utilização de aplicativos para dispositivos móveis. Constatou-se que houve diferença estatística significativa no desempenho após a experiência com mobile learning. Também demostraram grande receptividade e interesse em utilizar estratégias de mobile learning em sua vida acadêmica

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data