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Currently, Helena Caçador is attending the Doctoral Program in Education, Supervision and Evaluation Branch, at the University of Aveiro, where she also assumes the role of integrated researcher at CIDTFF with an FCT grant. She is currently carrying out research into the Evaluation of International Development Cooperation Projects entitled: "SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: AN EVALUATIVE CASE STUDY FROM A SOCIO-CONSTRUCTIVISM APPROACH" and aims to continue in research and teaching. She has dedicated most of her life to the search for new knowledge, having completed a degree in Biochemistry at the University of Algarve (2006), a free course in Basic Education (2013), and a Master's degree in Teaching the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education (2015), the latter two at the Leiria School of Education and Social Sciences. At a professional level, she taught from 2009 until 2022, in primary, secondary, and higher education, which has allowed her to maintain an active path of reflection and learning.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helena Caçador
Date of birth
1984/03/21

Citation names

  • Caçador, Helena
  • Caçador, H.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2F10-F6AD-5DD1
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0637-2369

Email addresses

  • helena.cacador@ua.pt (Professional)
  • helena.cacador@cartascomciencia.org (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Social Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/24 - 2025
Ongoing
 PhD in Education (Doctor)
Major in Supervision and Evaluation
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/09/23 - 2015/10/27
Concluded
 Master's Degree in Teaching the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education (Master)
Major in 1st cycle, 2nd cycle Mathematics, Nature Sciences, Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal
Polytechnic of Leiria - School of Education and Social Sciences, Portugal
"A Look at Supervised Teaching Practice in the 1st and 2nd Baccalaureate combined with an Investigative Essay on Sex Education at School" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 out of 20
2011/10/18 - 2013/06/30
Concluded
 Basic education (Bachelor)
Polytechnic of Leiria - School of Education and Social Sciences, Portugal
 17 out of 20
2002/10/01 - 2006/07/31
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Bachelor)
Major in Researche
University of Algarve - campus of Gambelas, Portugal
"Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and their susceptibility to essential oils" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13,4 out of 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11/01 - 2025/10/31 Research Trainee (Research) University of Aveiro - CIDTFF, Portugal
Cartas com Ciência, Portugal
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2021/11 - 2022/11/30 Research Trainee (Research) University of Aveiro - CIDTFF, Portugal
University of Aveiro - CIDTFF, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/07 Science and Technology Management Alentejo Cost Hospital, Portugal
Alentejo Cost Hospital, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2008/09/30 Science and Technology Management Labeto, clinical analysis center, S. A., Portugal
Labeto, clinical analysis center, S. A., Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/01 - 2021/01 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Polytechnic of Leiria - School of Education and Social Sciences, Portugal
Polytechnic of Leiria - School of Education and Social Sciences, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/04 - 2023/09/15 Invited professor - evaluation course with implementation in distance learning education EduDigital, the learning experience, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Educação de Santarém, Portugal
2009/12/04 - 2022/10/31 Teacher Ministry of education, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 Educação em ciências no âmbito de cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento: um estudo de caso avaliativo de abordagem socioconstrutivista
2022.09971.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
FCT - foundation for science and technology, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 Educação em ciências no âmbito da cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento: um estudo de caso avaliativo socioconstrutivista
2022.09971.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
FCT - foundation for science and technology, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 Educação em ciências no âmbito da cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento: um estudo de caso avaliativo socioconstrutivista
2022.09971.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
FCT - foundation for science and technology, Portugal
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current Cartas com Ciência
0000
Invited member of core team in two working groups: ¿Monitoring and Evaluation¿ and ¿Guidance of Teachers/Monitors¿
Cartas com Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/11/01 - Current Sinergias ED
0000
Member of working group
Sinergias ED, Portugal
2022/12/01 - Current Science education in the context of international development cooperation: an evaluative case study with a socioconstructivist approach
2022.09971. BDANA
Research Fellow
University of Aveiro - CIDTFF, Portugal

Cartas com Ciência, Portugal
FCT - foundation for science and technology
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - Current Science education in the context of international development cooperation: an evaluative case study with a socioconstructivist approach
2022.09971.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal

Cartas com Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01 - 2023/09 Helpo - sponsorship
00000
sponsorship
HELPO, Portugal
Cancelled
2023/06/08 - 2023/06/14 TC Dare to Self Care
2022-3-ES02-KA153-YOU-000096566
Voluntário
European Commission, Belgium
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Caçador, Helena. Na Sombra da Luz (In the shadow of the Light). Leiria, Portugal: Cultural Set. 2021.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Caçador, Helena; Galupa, Rafael (EA11-3D2C-13D9); Santos, Olga; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Simões, Ana Raquel; Ambrósio, Susana. "Connecting scientists and students in Africa Portuguese-speaking countries via letter exchanges: the case of "Cartas com Ciência"". Paper presented in SAARMSTE - Southern African Association for reacherch in Mathematics, Science and Thecnologics Education, 2022.
    Accepted
  2. Caçador, Helena; Lopes, Betina; Santos, Olga; Galupa, Rafael. "Towards inclusive science: evaluation (in and) for international cooperation of the educational program Cartas com Ciência". Paper presented in IV ENJIE, Leiria, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Santos, Olga; Galupa, Rafael; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Evaluation (in e) for international cooperation of the letters with science educational program - towards inclusive science". Paper presented in VI Enjie, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  4. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Alves, Mariana (A81C-A16C-1048); Ambrósio, Susana; Galupa, Rafael (EA11-3D2C-13D9); Simões, Ana Raquel. "Evaluating to learn from Cartas com Ciência: an example of institutional partnership for social transformation in Portuguese-speaking communities (https://eventos.aforges.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/sites/64/2023/05/11CONF_FORGES2021_livro_atas.pdf)". Paper presented in Forges, 2021.
    Accepted
  5. Lopes, B.; Alves, R.P.; Galupa, R.; Caçador, H.; Santos, Olga. "Educação (não) formal em Ciência(s): Partilha da experiência de um programa de troca de cartas entre estudantes e cientistas". Paper presented in V Bienal STEM+L, 2021.
    Published
  6. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Santos, Olga; Galupa, Rafael (EA11-3D2C-13D9); Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Evaluating in International Development Cooperation contexts: A framework under construction focused on Science Education". Paper presented in Lusoconf2021, Bragança, 2021.
    Accepted
Conference paper
  1. Caçador, Helena. "Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of essential oils isolated from Origanum spp and Calamintha baetica". Paper presented in International Conference on Traditional Food Processing and Technological Innovation, 2006.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Galupa, Rafael; Santos, Olga; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "The evaluative footprint of science education projects in and for development cooperation: a literature review". Indagatio Didactica (2024):
    Open access • Submitted
  2. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Galupa, Rafael; Santos, Olga; Pinho, Isabel. "Literature review: clustering as a strategy to collect and select relevant publications". Springer book (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Galupa, Rafael; Santos, Olga. "Cooperation Among Portuguese Public Universities as Actors of Development Cooperation: Mapping the Evaluation of Science Education Projects with Timor-Leste and São Tomé and Príncipe". Praxis educativa (2024):
    Open access • Submitted
  4. Caçador, Helena; Rebelo, I.; Santos, O.. "Environmental literacy: a case study in a 6th grade 2nd cycle class". AmbientalMente sustentable: Revista científica galego-lusófona de educación ambiental 27 1 (2020): https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7491047.
    Open access • Published
Report
  1. Caçador, Helena. 2015. A look at supervised teaching practice in the 1st and 2nd baccalaureate combined with an investigative essay on sex education at school. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/1730.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/01/25 A needle in a haystack, how to find it? A proposal for a literature review by 'clustering' Word conference on qualitative research
University of the Azores (São Miguel, Portugal)
2023/10/19 Assessment of and for learning Lesson for master's students - Master's degree in education and training
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/05/17 Science education in the context of international development cooperation: a case study of a socio-constructivist approach. V Jornadas do LEduc/ Jardim da Ciência
Universidade de Aveiro - Departamento de Educação e Psicologia (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/02/04 Empowering solutions through evaluation? A look at science education projects in the context of (international) development cooperation VII ENJIE
Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/02/03 Research project : Science education in the context of international development cooperation: a case study using a socio-constructivist approach Hora aberta - promovida pela Carta com Ciência. org - Online
Comunidade da Cartas com Ciência - https://www.cartascomciencia.org (Portugal)
2023/01/27 Bringing science to everyone: an (im)possible mission? An evaluative study with a social constructivist approach. 7th International Conference on Childhood and Adolescente
ICCA (Évora, Portugal)
2022/11/11 Science Education in the context of International Development Cooperation: an evaluative case study with a socio-constructivist approach. Aula dirigida a estudantes do Mestrado de Ensino e Divulgação em Ciência
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 Basic Education Trainee at the School of Education and Social Sciences Celeste Machado/ Mariana Neves/ Mariana Brito/ Bruno Coelho