Photo: Professor Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis
Academics from University Campinas, Brazil will visit UWE Bristol on 2nd July to talk about their work and ways we can collaborate. The Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG) will be hosting Professor Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis and her colleagues in a visit.
As part of the visit, Prof Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis will be giving a keynote address titled ‘The watershed as a pedagogical matrix: a formative experience’.
Proposed timeline:
- 10.30 – Welcome
- 11.45- 12 – Tour of campus
- 12 – 12.30 – Keynote by Prof Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis – 3×105
- 12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and Learn
- 1.30 – 2.30 Discussion around future collaboration
Ana will discuss the use of the watershed basin as a pedagogical matrix. She will explore four main elements identified in Paulo Freire’s pedagogy: i) what I know, ii) how I know it, iii) how much I know and iv) what I know it for, associated with elements such as Community Identity, Territory and Environmental Education.
Prof. Dr. Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis is a Professor at Unicamp’s School of Education and coordinator of the Higher Interdisciplinary Training Programme. Ana will be joined by:
- Prof. Dr. Luis Renato Vedovato
- Prof. Dr. Tatiana Giovanelli Vedovato
- Prof. Dr. Guilherme Perez Cabral
Prof Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis is leading the visit. Profs Vedovato and Cabral are from law, and work with education. Prof Vedovato considers multidimensional poverty and human dignity, as well as energy regulation and transition for social justice, and Prof Cabral is interested in the right to education and international bodies.
We really hope you will join us as this is a great opportunity to find out about interesting research, share your own work and begin conversations about possible international collaborations.
Further information will be circulated but, in the meantime, please put a place holder in your calendar and do try and come along to all / part of the activities.