Line 1
Theoretical foundations and evaluation of the implementation of innovative curriculum components in USP undergraduate programmes
Coordinator: Profa. Dra. Cristina Leite
Integrative in nature and focused on macroscopic aspects of the educational process, line 1 works to develop a theoretical foundation that allows for understanding the design, implementation, and evaluation of innovative curricular components committed to interdisciplinarity and the integration of knowledge. This is not a static theoretical foundation, a descriptive search for a ‘state of the art’; researchers in this line work to create a dynamic reflective structure based on actions implemented for this purpose: data obtained from exploratory studies conducted in courses and disciplines offered in undergraduate programmes at the University of São Paulo and the analyses that result from them. The team also invests in the development of learning materials and experiences, the identification and adaptation of innovative methodologies, and the search for themes aligned with the demands of the current context, which are interdisciplinary in nature (such as the civilisational risks discussed in line 6). Design, implement, and evaluate training
activities such as courses and subjects committed to interdisciplinarity and the integration of knowledge, develop learning materials and experiences that facilitate this objective, adapt methodologies, and identify topics committed to the current context that require the use of innovative approaches. These are some of the actions that characterise the research developed in line 1, which aims to contribute to the inclusion of new curricular components in degree courses. The knowledge accumulated in each of these dimensions contributes to the structuring of training modules, such as the Cosmos course, offered to Natural Sciences undergraduates in the second semester of
Associate researchers:
- Profa. Dra. Ana Paula Tavares Magalhães Tacconi (FFLCH /USP)
- Profa. Dra.Adriana Dickman (PUC/MG)
- Profa. Dra.Carmen Prado (IF / USP)
- Profa. Dra. Maria Antonia (UNESP)
- PhD researcher Geraldine Chadwik (IEA / USP)
2024. From the selection of topics to be addressed to the most appropriate methodology for dealing with each of them, from planning to implementation and evaluation, all aspects are part of a cyclical and feedback-driven process where each stage is based on learning from the previous one and feeds into discussions about the next steps in the process. In this way, we seek to achieve the epistemological and methodological foundation of curricular integration and its interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary dimensions, transversality, pluriepistemology, ethnodiversity, and decoloniality. Thus, the research in line 1 represents a reference for the thematic project, since its research integrates
representative elements studied separately in the other lines (for example, the curriculum in line 5, the learning methodologies in line 3), observing how they connect and interfere with each other when brought together in a course. The programme is also committed to a larger project: reflecting on the construction of a collective future and trainingstudents to tackle contemporary problems, among which a strong interest in climate change stands out.
Keywords: interdisciplinarity, integration, complexity, diversity, transformation, future.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students:
- Taynara Nasser / Grant Fapesp – Doctoral Programme (PIEC / USP)
- Jonathan Janjacomo (PIEC / USP)
- Enrico Chiosini – Grant FAPESP – Doctoral Programme (PIEC/USP)
- Gilberto Paiva – Doctoral Programme (PIEC/USP)
- Miriel Silva (PIEC / USP)
- Leandro Cabral / Grant Fapesp – Scientific Training (IFSP )
- Kerolayne Cori (IF/USP)
- Pietra Ribeiro Paulino / Grant Fapesp – Scientific Training (IF/USP)