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"After one of the longest military regimes in Latin America's history, Brazil transitioned to democracy in 1985. It was inevitable that, from then on, the political power of the military would decline. However, the extent to which the country's armed forces would eschew politics was never clear, given the vast role it had always played in domestic affairs since the onset of the republic in 1889."
The profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our “postmodern” society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyze, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles. Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.
This expansive and practical textbook contains organic chemistry experiments for teaching in the laboratory at the undergraduate level covering a range of functional group transformations and key organic reactions.The editorial team have collected contributions from around the world and standardized them for publication. Each experiment will explore a modern chemistry scenario, such as: sustainable chemistry; application in the pharmaceutical industry; catalysis and material sciences, to name a few. All the experiments will be complemented with a set of questions to challenge the students and a section for the instructors, concerning the results obtained and advice on getting the best outcome from the experiment. A section covering practical aspects with tips and advice for the instructors, together with the results obtained in the laboratory by students, has been compiled for each experiment. Targeted at professors and lecturers in chemistry, this useful text will provide up to date experiments putting the science into context for the students.
O Brasil, afastado de conflitos bélicos há tempos, se acostumou a relacionar o termo "defesa" aos momentos de guerra e a percebê-los como de interesse meramente militar. Este livro busca desmistificar esse paradigma e apresenta desafios em gerenciar grandes instituições, entre elas, as Forças Armadas. Escrito por pesquisadores e estudiosos do tema, civis e militares, apresenta conteúdo atual e instigante. A obra é uma coletânea de pesquisas, consequentes de iniciativas indutoras do desenvolvimento do campo de estudos da defesa e ações pontuais das instituições envolvidas.
This encyclopaedia is a reference to the world's naval fleets and vessels. Every warship and naval auxiliary in service and under construction is covered. It also includes details of new construction and modernisation programmes and operational status.
Esta obra celebra o ingresso das mulheres nas fileiras da Marinha do Brasil, trazendo as memórias das militares que, ao longo dos anos, vêm exercendo atividades técnico operacionais que eram restritas aos homens. A Marinha busca não só valorizar a presença feminina nas diferentes vertentes navais como demonstrar sua visão atenta às questões sociais, já que foi a primeira instituição militar brasileira a admitir mulheres em seu efetivo. Em cada relato, um testemunho de vitórias pessoais de mulheres pioneiras que foram além do almejado com a Lei 6.807/1980.
The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition. Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages