Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Tavares de Sousa
Citation names
- Sousa, Rita Tavares
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2914-D778-86C6
- Scopus Author Id
- 57209338058
Email addresses
- rtsousa@fpce.up.pt (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014 - 2021
Concluded
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Ciências da Educação (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"The articulation between teaching and research in Initial Teacher Education in higher education: a study developed in Portugal
and England" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimously Approved |
2008 - 2009
Concluded
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Ciências da Educação (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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17 |
2004 - 2008
Concluded
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Ciências da Educação (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/10/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal |
2022/04/01 - 2024/09/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2021 - 2022/03/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2019 - 2022/03/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | CASTIIS, Portugal |
2018 - 2022/03/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Associação CASO50+, Portugal |
2017/03 - 2017/04 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
2015/10 - 2015/12 | Research Trainee (Research) | University of Cumbria, United Kingdom |
University of Cumbria, United Kingdom |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/10/01 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2020/03 - 2020/07 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2007 - 2008 | Internship in Education Sciences | Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal |
Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2025/01/01 - Current | BRIDGE - Bridging Generations in Teaching: Enhancing Portuguese Teachers’ Professional Development Through Intergenerational
Dialogues
2023.15320.PEX
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2019 - 2022 | EEPN - European Education Policy Network on Teachers and School Leaders
2107/EAC/S36
Researcher
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European Commission
Concluded
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2014 - 2021 | The articulation between teaching and research in Initial Teacher Education in higher education: a study developed in Portugal
and England
FCT SFRH/BD/52468/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018 - 2019 | ActiveAdvice - Decision Support Solutions for Independent Living using an Intelligent AAL Product Service Cloud
AAL-2015-2- 058
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2011 - 2013 | FIPAIF - Formação inicial de profissionais de ajuda e identidade dos formadores: o caso do ensino e da enfermagem
PTDC/CPE-CED/113015/2009
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal
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Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2024/10/01 - Current | INOV-Norte
08/C06-i07/2024
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2022/04 - Current | Fifty Years of Teaching: factors of change and intergenerational dialogues - FYT-ID (PTDC/CED-EDG/1039/2021
PTDC/CED-EDG/1039/2021
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas - CIIE Porto
UID/CED/00167/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2022 - Current | CARE4SUD - Vocational Training in illicit drug addiction: Equipping Health Care Practitioners with Addiction Treatment competences
and techniques
2022-1-LT01-KA220-VET-000086077
Researcher
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2021 - 2022/03 | BestCare4LGBTQI+
KA220-ADU-D6BF4D54
Researcher
Associação CASO50+, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2020 - 2022/03 | S.IN.CA.L.A II (2020-2023): Supporting Informal Carers: A whole family and lifecourse approach II
2020-1-EE01-KA204-078004
Researcher
Associação CASO50+, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2020 - 2022/03 | Stay Safe
REC-AG-2019/REC-RDAP-GBV-AG-2019
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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European Commission
Concluded
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2019 - 2022/03 | Cuidar de Quem Cuida
POISE-03-4639-FSE-000384
Researcher
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Rede CUF Concluded
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2018 - 2020 | Best4OlderLGBTI: Best Interest for the Older LGBTI.
AG-2017/REC-RDIS-DISC-AG-2017
Researcher
Associação CASO50+, Portugal
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Concluded
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2017 - 2020 | Care4Dem: Apoio a Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas com Demência. Cofinanciado pelo programa Erasmus+ da União Europeia
2017-1-IT02-KA204-036545
Researcher
Associação CASO50+, Portugal
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Concluded
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2019 - 2019 | SINCALA - SUPPORTING INFORMAL CARERS: A WHOLE-FAMILY & LIFECOURSE APPROACH
2018-1-EE01-KA204-047079
Researcher
Associação CASO50+, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Edited book |
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Journal article |
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Manual |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/02/02 | Prática Profissional de Professores Portugueses nos últimos 50 anos | V Colóquio Internacional de Ciências Sociais da Educação.
(Braga, Portugal)
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2023/10/27 | Teachers' Traits of Agency: life stories of Portuguese teachers. Communication integrated in the Symposium Fifty years of teaching in Portugal | ATEE Winter Conference
(Braga)
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2023/10/27 | Strengthening Bonds Across Generations: Exploring Intergenerational Dialogue in Higher Education. Communication integrated in the Symposium Fifty years of teaching in Portugal | ATEE Winter Conference
(Braga, Portugal)
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2023/09 | Preparing pre-service teachers to embrace research-informed practices: experiences of teacher Educators in Poland, Portugal, and Hungary | ATEE Annual Conference 2023
(Budapest, Hungary)
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2023/08 | Traits of Agency in Portuguese Teachers: 50 Years of Teaching | ECER 2023
(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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2023/08 | Intergenerational Dialogues: Learning from an Older Generation | ECER 2023
(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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2023/08 | Fifty Years of Teaching in Portugal: Analysing Teachers’ Professionalism and Professional Development through Teachers’ Life Stories [accepted; integrated in the Symposium Ever-evolving and Multi-dimensional: Studies of Teachers’ Professionalism and Professional Development in Portugal, Poland, Spain, and the UK) | ECER 2023
(United Kingdom)
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2023/04 | Listen to my story! An intervention methodology for informal caregivers based on literature (Ouve a minha história! Metodologia de intervenção com cuidadores informais com base em estímulos literários) [guest speaker] | Final Seminar of SINCALA II- SUPPORTING INFORMAL CARERS: A WHOLE-FAMILY & LIFECOURSE APPROACH II.
(Portugal)
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2022/07 | The articulation between teaching and research in initial teacher education in higher education: a study conducted in Portugal and England [A articulação entre o ensino e a investigação na formação inicial de professores no ensino superior: um estudo realizado em Portugal e Inglaterra] | I International Congress School, Identity and Democracy
(Porto, Portugal)
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2022/05 | The experience of the Project Cuidar de quem cuida - Portugal [A experiência do Projeto Cuidando de quem cuida - Portugal] | III Congresso Brasileiro Online de Saúde e Envelhecimento Humano (CONBRASEH).
(Brazil)
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2022/04 | The relevance of multimodal resources for the production of life stories: the FYT-ID project [A relevância dos recursos multimodais para a produção de histórias de vida: o projeto FYT-ID] |
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2022/03 | Stay Safe: Outcomes of the piloting | Stay Safe project: preventing and responding to sexual violence against women with psycho-social disabilities - Final Conference |
2022 | Informal Caregivers: The Importance of Caring for Caregivers. [Cuidadores Informais: A importância de Cuidar de Quem Cuida] |
Universidade Aberta
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2022 | Ageing and Technologies [Envelhecimento e tecnologias] [guest speaker at Round Table] | II Seminário REKINDLE+50, intitulado "Migrações Digitais e Inovação Curricular: Ressignificar a Experiência e (Re)Encantar
a Profissão Docente Depois dos 50"
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal)
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2021 | Taking care of Caregivers (Cuidar de Quem Cuida) [guest speaker] | IV Seminário Internacional Alzheimer e outras Demências: Conhecer, Compreender e Intervir, Painel 2 - Boas práticas em tempos
de pandemia
Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu (Portugal)
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2019/04 | The Best4OlderLGBTI Project | Conference “Focus on LGBTIQ+ Seniors: Information and inspiration for more inclusion”,
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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2019 | Back to the roots: The perspectives of multiple stakeholders about a seamless physical-virtual AAL advisory service. | International Conference ICT4AWE 2019
(Heraklion, Greece)
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2018/12 | ActiveAdvice: Technologies for memory problems (ActiveAdvice Tecnologias direcionadas para problemas de memória) [guest speaker] | III Seminário Internacional de Alzheimer e outras demências – Conhecer, Compreender, Intervir.
Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu (Viseu, Portugal)
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2018 | ActiveAdvice: bridging the gap between users and AAL solutions. [guest speaker] | 3º Meeting Care4Dem – Dementia caregiver support
(Porto, Portugal)
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2018 | High Tech, High Touch: Authorized Active Advisors as mediators between AAL providers and consumers | AAL Forum
(Bilbao, Spain)
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2017/08 | What is "Research" in Initial Teacher Education: Teacher Educator Perspectives | ECER 2017 - Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and educational research
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
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2017 | Expectations of post graduate students and its relation to Higher Education: trends and orientations. |
(Porto, Portugal)
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2017 | The place of research in teacher education: perspectives from teacher educators in Portugal and England [O lugar da investigação na formação de professores: perspetivas de formadores em Portugal e em Inglaterra] | I International Seminar DESUP
(Porto, Portugal)
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2017 | What is valued as research: perspectives of teacher educators in Portugal and England [O que é valorizado como investigação: perspetivas de formadores de professores em Portugal e Inglaterra] | I International Seminar EXPRESSA: Reimagining the scientific communication in education
Faculty of Psychology and EducationalSciences of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2016/08 | Initial teacher education: What is the role of research in developing professional knowledge |
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
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2016 | The Value of Research in Initial Teacher Education: In Portugal and England. |
University of Cumbria (Carlisle, United Kingdom)
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2016 | Cartography of Research in Education Sciences in the Doctoral Programme in Education Sciences. [Cartografia da Investigação em Ciências da Educação no Programa Doutoral em Ciências da Educação.] |
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2015/09 | The Research-Teaching Nexus in Higher Education: how it relates to employability and graduate skills in professional fields |
Corvinus University of Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
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2015 | The research-teaching nexus: how it becomes a challenge in Higher Education |
Faculty of Psychology and EducationSciences of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2014 | Higher Education in an Era of transition: the (re)composition of the teaching profession [O Ensino Superior numa era de transição: a (re)composição da profissão docente] | IV Colóquio Luso-Brasileiro de Sociologia da Educação
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022 - 2022 | Member of the organizing committee of the I International Congress School, Identity and Democracy. (2022/07 - 2022/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2021 - 2021 | Member of the organizing committee of the event "Good Practices in Caring for Carers" [Encontro Boas Práticas "Cuidar de Quem
Cuida". (2021 - 2021)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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CASTIIS, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Member of the organizing committee of the International Conference "Sexuality in Ageing: time for equality and inclusion"
(2019 - 2019)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Associação CASO50+, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | Founder member and part of theOrganizing Committee of the I International Seminar "Expressa: Re-Imaginar a comunicação científica
emeducação" (2017 - 2017) (2017 - 2017)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | Member of the organizing committee of the UKCGE Annual Conference 2017 - Postgraduate Education in the European Context: Successes,
Challenges & Futures (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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2017 - 2017 | Member of the organizing committee of the I International Seminar DESUP - Challenges in Higher Education (2017 - 2017)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | EAIR - The European Higher Education Society: Linking research, policy and practice (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Other)
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2015 - 2015 | II European Conference on Curriculum Studies (II ECCS) - Curriculum studies: Policies, perspectives and practices (2015 - 2015)
Conference (Other)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2014 - 2014 | Conference on Educational Research (ECER): The Past, Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe. (2014 - 2014)
Conference (Other)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/12/14 - 2023/12/15 | Chair of poster presentation at the 15th International Seminar of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Sciences of the Faculty
of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto.
Seminar
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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2023/02 - 2023/02 | Chair of the Parallel Session "Teacher education and professional practices" [Moderação da sessão paralela “Formação de Professores
e práticas profissionais”]
Meeting
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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2022/07 - 2022/07 | Chair of the Parallel Session "Higher Education and Academic Identities in Change" [Moderação da sessão paralela “Ensino Superior
e Identidades Académicas em Mudança"]
Conference
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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2021/01 - 2021/01 | Chair of the workshop "LGBTI Public Campaigns"
Conference
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2021/01 - 2021/01 | Chair of the workshop “Advocacy and Activism”
Conference
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2020/06 - 2020/06 | Chair of the pannel "How to make relevant support accessible to all informal carers through ICT-based solutions?”
Seminar
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2019 - 2019 | Chair of the panel "Gerotechnologies and Research"
Seminar
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2015/06/29 - 2015/07/03 | Participation in the UNIKE Summer School – Figures in the higher education landscape
Other
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2022 | "LGBTQIA+ and Ageing: Perspectives and Conceptions of Professionals in an Institutional Context" [LGBTQIA+ e Envelhecimento:
Perspetivas e Conceções de Profissionais em Contexto Institucional]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Luís Maia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2024 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação [Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences] | Member |
2022 - Current | OBVIE - Observatório de Vida nas Escolas | Member |
2022 - Current | IDEAFor - Identity, Democracy, School, Administration, and Training | Coordinator |
2021 - Current | Member of the RISE - Rede de Investigação em Saúde (RISE - LA/P/0053/2020). | Network member |
2014 - Current | IDEAFor - Identity, Democracy, School, Administration, and Training | Member |
2019 - 2022 | Member of the EEPN - European Education Policy Network on Teachers and School Leaders (Agreement number: 2107/EAC/S36) | Network member |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2021 - 2021 | IV Seminário Internacional de Alzheimer e outras demências – Conhecer, Compreender, Intervir | Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu |
2018 - 2018 | III Seminário Internacional de Alzheimer e outras demências – Conhecer, Compreender, Intervir | Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024 - Current | Teaching Careers, Supervision and Teacher Education in Contemporary Societies | Master in Education Sciences (Mestrado) | |
2024 - Current | Professional Practice, Supervision, Research and Teacher Empowerment | Master in Education Sciences (Mestrado) | |
2024/10 - 2024/11 | Intergenerational Dialogs in Education | (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
2024/02 - 2024/06 | Communication and Human Relationships [Comunicação e Relação Humana] | Degree in Education Sciences (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2023/09 - 2024/01 | Intergenerational Dialogues, Education and Contemporary Society Challenges [Diálogos Intergeracionais, Educação e Desafios das Sociedades Contemporâneas] | Master Degree in Education Sciences (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2023/11/07 - 2023/11/07 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit of "Research Methodologies in Education" (2nd year of the Master's Degree in Educational Sciences at FPCEUP) on the use of the Endnote and NVivo programmes. | Master in Education Sciences (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2022/09 - 2023/01 | Intergenerational Dialogues, Education and Contemporary Society Challenges [Diálogos Intergeracionais, Educação e Desafios das Sociedades Contemporâneas] | Master Degree in Education Sciences (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit of "Adults Psychology" of the degree in Social Education. | (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit "Seminar for Dissertation/Project Work/Internship" in the Master's Degree in Social Gerontology. | (Mestrado) | Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit "Caring for and Empowering Caregivers" at the Postgraduate Degree in Palliative Care. | (Pós-Graduação) | Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal |
2021 - 2021 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit of "Adults Psychology" at the degree in Social Education. | (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
2021 - 2021 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit "Psychoeducational Intervention Programmes in Ageing" at the Master's Degree in Gerontology | (Mestrado) | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Educaçao, Portugal |
2020 - 2021 | Gerontology and Social Education [Gerontologia e Educação Social] at the Degree of Social Education | (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
2017 - 2018 | "Research, Higher Education and Professional Development" [Investigação, Formação Superior e Desenvolvimento Profissional], 3rd year of the Degree in Education Sciences | (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2016/02 - 2016/02 | Invitation to teach a class in the Curricular Unit of "Research Seminar I" of the Doctoral Programme in Education Sciences. | (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2016 - 2016 | Invitation to teach a class in the curricular unit "Research Methodologies in Education", at the Teacher Education Master's Degree | (Mestrado) | Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2023 - Current | Healthcare (2227-9032) | |
2022 - Current | Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X) | |
2022 - Current | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) | |
2022 - Current | Education Sciences (2227-7102) |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Prémio “Práticas Pedagógicas Inovadoras”, [Award Innovative Pedagogical Practices] do Programa Inovação Educativa da Universidade
do Porto,
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2014 | Awarded a PhD scholarship by FCT
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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