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UNESP The State University of São Paulo (UNESP) is comprised of 23 campuses throughout the state of São Paulo. One is in Rio Claro, and includes two institutes: The Institute of Biosciences and the Institute of Geosciences. UNESP at Rio Claro was founded in 1957. The Institute of Biosciences consists of seven departments with a total of 122 faculty members. UNESP is a public, government-paid institution of the state higher education system.
UNESP
was founded in 1976
This
information concerns the Brazilian university and related administrative
personnel
University
administrators
Address: The
campus in Rio Claro
In
Rio Claro, the two institutes are: The Institute of Biosciences and
the Institute of Geosciences. The Institute of Biosciences consists
of 7 departments with a total of 122 faculty members. The Department of Physical Education The Department of Physical Education, created in 1984, is part of the Institute of Biosciences and currently has 31 faculty members with full-time dedication to teaching, research, administration and community services. Currently, over 300 students attend two concentration areas, bachelor and licensure degrees in physical education. In 2004 was considered one of the four best undergraduate courses in Brazil One such program is the graduate program (master’s and doctoral) in Human Movement Sciences (http://www.rc.unesp.br/ib/pos/indexpos.html). UNESP is one of the top schools in the nation and its physical education undergraduate program is considered one of the four best programs in Brazil. The graduate program is one of Brazil’s finest, earning high recommendation scores from the federal educational and research evaluation system.
Faculty
members have affiliations with researchers at other Brazilian institutions
as well as with well-known researchers from other countries. The direct
outcomes of these relationships are collaborative studies, training for
undergraduate and graduate students, scholarships from national grant
organizations, and placement of former students into other world-renowned
centers of research and Ph.D. programs.
Department
of Physical Education administrators
Address:
Departmental
projects
Besides individual research projects, faculty from the Department of Physical Education are involved in numerous other projects, including the organization of scientific events, the editing of journals and newsletters, the presentation of outreach programs, and consulting with private and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Publications
sponsored by the department
Motriz
Sobama’s
Journal
4th
International
Congress of Physical Education and Movement Movement and 10th São Paulo
State Symposium of Physical Education
The
São Paulo State Symposium of Physical Education has been presented every
two years since 1987 by the Department of Physical Education of the
Institute of Biosciences, State University of São Paulo at Rio Claro. In
1999, the symposium was modified to international status with the creation
of the International Congress of Physical Education and Human Movement.
Now, these events occur simultaneously, and have come to provide Brazilian
and international scholars and professionals with an important environment
for interdisciplinary discussion about human movement. Near 800
people attend this event.
Outreach
programs of the department
Each
year over 4,000 people from the university and the local community visit
the Department of Physical Education, UNESP at Rio Claro, to participate
in our many outreach programs. Growing in number over the past few years,
more than 25 different outreach programs are now offered annually . Their
purposes vary from provinding community support services, training
rehabilitation settings, applied research settings, artistic performance,
development of teaching techniques, etc. Some are as old as the department
itself.
The
list includes:
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