Course

Course Description

UNICATA offers the following course: “Solid waste management and governance with the inclusion of waste pickers for a sustainable and fair society”, composed of 6 modules.

• Based on Paulo Freire’s popular education pedagogy, the democracy of knowledge and the practice of peer learning.
• Prepared from a survey carried out with waste pickers in São Paulo in 2022 to understand their aspirations, needs and desires in relation to the possibility of studying.
• Content adapted to the specific context of the city where the course is offered.
• Open to waste pickers with or without completing basic education, avoiding structural barriers and exclusion criteria.
• Classes adapted to the needs of students with the use of different means of communication in their academic production (video, audio, group work).
• For each module completed, students receive a certificate of completion of the extension course issued by the University of Victoria (UVic) and the Federal University of ABC (UFABC).

Format and Content

• The course has 6 modules, with 52 hours of classes and a field visit each.
• The content is created collaboratively between academics from partner universities and representatives of the waste pickers, who also teach classes collectively.
• Before each module, training is carried out with educators, to share the pedagogical approach, methodology and teaching philosophy.