Brazil Starts to Ban Animal Use in Higher Education: A Positive and Progressive Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Maria Garcia ◽  
Nick Jukes ◽  
Vanessa Bones ◽  
Rosangela Gebara ◽  
Mariângela Freitas de Almeida Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Experiments ◽  
National Council ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Humane Education ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Veterinary Profession ◽  
Historic Landmark ◽  
Animal Use ◽  
Education In Brazil

The Brazilian government has published a resolution that bans animal use in some practical classes within undergraduate and high school technical education from April 2019. Resolution No. 38/2018, issued by the National Council for the Control of Animal Experimentation (CONCEA), bans the killing of animals for dissection purposes and animal experiments in practical classes that do not involve the acquisition of new skills. The initial call for the ban was by the Brazilian Network for Humane Education (RedEH), an independent body comprising Brazilian professors and international collaborators dedicated to the implementation of replacement alternatives in education. The call was supported by InterNICHE, and many professors and other international organisations. The Brazilian Council of Veterinary Medicine, which is responsible for regulating the veterinary profession in Brazil, also stated its support for humane education and for the ban. The call was the first formal request, and it eventually led to the first legal resolution for the replacement of animal use in education in Brazil. This represents an important historic landmark in the advancement of science education.

On the Journey toward Humane Education in Brazil: First Request for a Total Ban of Harmful Animal Use in Professional and Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Róber Bachinski ◽  
Gutemberg Alves ◽  
Mariângela Freitas de Almeida Souza ◽  
Vanessa Carli Bones ◽  
Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Humane Education ◽  
Animal Use ◽  
Education In Brazil

La educación financiera, la BNCC y el currículo: contextos y desafíos de las escuelas públicas brasileñas

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-115
Author(s):  
Alessandra Camargo Godoi ◽  
Sandra Zita Silva Tiné
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Education In Brazil

Financial education has gradually been extending its reach, upported through the efforts of the Brazilian government and organized civil society, in the face of the social and economic challenges besetting the world. Like any educational process, financial education requires planning, engagement and mobilization, even considering that the results do not necessarily have a short- or medium-term effect. Considering the trajectory of financial education in Brazil, this text aims to discuss it within an educational context and describe its trajectory up to incorporation into the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), highlighting its recognition in this important and most current curricular document in Brazilian education.

The Implications of Microarray Technology for Animal Use in Scientific Research

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Jenkins ◽  
Caren Broadhead ◽  
Robert D. Combes
Keyword(s):  
Animal Studies ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Toxicity Testing ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
Microarray Technology ◽  
Single Experiment ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Animal Use

Microarray technology has the potential to affect the number of laboratory animals used, the severity of animal experiments, and the development of non-animal alternatives in several areas of scientific research. Microarrays can contain hundreds or thousands of microscopic spots of DNA, immobilised on a solid support, and their use enables global patterns of gene expression to be determined in a single experiment. This technology is being used to improve our understanding of the operation of biological systems during health and disease, and their responses to chemical insults. Although it is impossible to predict with certainty any future trends regarding animal use, microarray technology might not initially reduce animal use, as is often claimed to be the case. The accelerated pace of research as a result of the use of microarrays could increase overall animal use in basic and applied biological research, by increasing the numbers of interesting genes identified for further analysis, and the number of potential targets for drug development. Each new lead will require further evaluation in studies that could involve animals. In toxicity testing, microarray studies could lead to increases in animal studies, if further confirmatory and other studies are performed. However, before such technology can be used more extensively, several technical problems need to be overcome, and the relevance of the data to biological processes needs to be assessed. Were microarray technology to be used in the manner envisaged by its protagonists, there need to be efforts to increase the likelihood that its application will create new opportunities for reducing, refining and replacing animal use. This comment is a critical assessment of the possible implications of the application of microarray technology on animal experimentation in various research areas, and makes some recommendations for maximising the application of the Three Rs.

Investigative approach to frog gastrocnemius laboratory: potential impact on animal use in teaching laboratories.

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (6) ◽  
pp. S42
Author(s):  
I G Welsford ◽  
A E Flamm ◽  
J Barr ◽  
B Fenton ◽  
J R Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Animal Experimentation ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Teaching Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Exercise ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
Animal Use ◽  
Investigative Approach

With growing concern over the use of animal experimentation in the teaching of physiology, many biology departments are reassessing the use of animal experiments in the teaching lab. However, it may be just as important to assess how animal experimentation is used in the undergraduate teaching laboratory rather than simply assessing if animal experimentation should be used at all. In our study, sophomore-level life science students enrolled in a core organismal biology course undertook a laboratory exercise designed to elucidate properties of muscles and neuromuscular communication following two protocols: 1) a standard demonstrational model wherein students were told to undertake the exercise as a means to understand physiological processes that they had been exposed to previously in lecture or 2) an investigative model wherein the use of the gastrocnemius preparation was a logical next step in an ongoing investigation, the content of which was driven by student-generated hypotheses. We have observed a significant decrease in a number of the negative comments concerning the use of animals in experimentation (25.6 vs. 3.6%) since the implementation of the investigative approach to the laboratory, suggesting that curricular approaches to the use of animals in the teaching laboratory may have an impact on student attitudes concerning animal experimentation.

scholarly journals Deaf Education in Brazil: Contexts, Challenges, and Perspectives

2019 ◽  
pp. 343-360
Author(s):  
Cátia de Azevedo Fronza ◽  
Lodenir Becker Karnopp ◽  
Marjon Tammenga-Helmantel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Deaf Education ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
Brazilian Sign Language ◽  
Education In Brazil

Changes in the past two decades have improved the position of the deaf in Brazil: Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is an officially recognized language, deaf children can go to school, and bilingual education is available to deaf students. However, many deaf children do not attend school, and enrollment rates in high school and higher education are low. Moreover, the language policy views of the Brazilian deaf movement and the Brazilian Ministry of Education do not align. The deaf movement pleads for bilingual deaf schools, whereas the Brazilian government follows an inclusion policy. This chapter presents an overview of the position of the deaf in Brazil and their participation in education, considering national deaf policy and its implications for and impact on deaf education. Teaching practices in bilingual education are discussed, and recommendations and challenges for Brazilian deaf education are considered.

The History of Anti-vivisection Legislation in Turkey and the Role of a New Association

2020 ◽  
pp. 026119292097834
Author(s):  
Oğuzcan Kınıkoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Association ◽  
Animal Use

A new anti-vivisection association (Deneye Hayır Derneği) was recently established in Turkey with the aim of carrying out advocacy and lobbying activities to end non-human animal use by replacing animal-based experiments with alternative scientific methods. To achieve this end-goal, the Association works hard to create awareness of animal experiments and to protect the rights of animals. Complementary to our lobbying efforts to bring about a ban on animal use, we undertake a wide range of public awareness campaigns and other activities, such as: publishing communication material; organising workshops; participating in outreach events; networking with universities to promote the adoption of alternative methods and best practice learning tools; informing the general public via social media.

scholarly journals Reporting animal use in scientific papers

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane A. Smith ◽  
Lynda Birke ◽  
Dawn Sadler
Keyword(s):  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Accidental Death ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Animal Use

This paper reports the results of an examination of the 'methods' sections of a range of experimental research papers in biomedical science, focusing on the descriptions of animal use and housing. Detailed descriptions in the methods should enable replication, and also enable readers to judge scientific quality. Relatively few papers sampled gave adequate descriptions of housing conditions and many failed to give details of physiologically relevant variables such as weight of animals. Thirty per cent of papers omitted the number of animals used, and the deaths of animals (whether as part of the protocol, or accidental death) were not always recorded. Adequate reporting of the conditions of animal maintenance and use are important, both in relation to the quality of the science produced, and also because of public concerns about the ethics of animal experiments.

Humane Education in Brazil: Organisation, Challenges and Opportunities

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Róber Bachinski ◽  
Thales Tréz ◽  
Gutemberg G. Alves ◽  
Rita de C.M. Garcia ◽  
Simone T. Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humane Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Education In Brazil
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