Cristina Maria Falcão Severo Ferreira Pinto Mendes de Freitas (A619-2E1E-7645)

Curriculum Vitae

Cristina Maria Falcão Severo Ferreira Pinto Mendes de Freitas

Cristina Maria Falcão Severo Ferreira Pinto Mendes de Freitas. Doutoramento em Literatura (2006), pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Mestrado em Literaturas Românicas Modernas e Contemporâneas (1988), pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, e Licenciatura em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas - Estudos Franceses e Ingleses (1984), pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Professora Coordenadora da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Atualmente, é Presidente do Conselho Técnico-Científico. É ainda Diretora da licenciatura em Línguas e Culturas Estrangeiras e membro da Comissão Científica do mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. Desenvolve trabalho e investigação na área das Literaturas (ênfase em literaturas em língua inglesa) e dos Estudos Culturais (ênfase em culturas em língua inglesa, estudos culturais pós-coloniais e Comunicação Intercultural). Cristina Maria Falcão Severo Ferreira Pinto Mendes de Freitas. Completed the PhD in Literature in 2006, by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, the Master’s Degree Modern and Contemporary Romance Literatures, in 1988 by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, and the bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (French and English Studies) in 1984 by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto. She is a Coordinator Professor at the School of Education (Polytechnic of Porto). Currently she is the President of the Scientific Council. She is the Director of the Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Cultures and a member of the scientific committee of the Master's in Teaching English to Young Learners. She works in the area(s) of Humanities - Languages and Literatures with an emphasis on Specific Literatures (in English) and Social Sciences with an emphasis on Cultural Studies, post-colonial cultures and Intercultural Communication.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cristina Maria Falcão Severo Ferreira Pinto Mendes de Freitas

Citation names

Freitas, Cristina
Pinto, Cristina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A619-2E1E-7645
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8955-942X

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2001/01/06 - 2006/06/02 Concluded	Literatura [Literature] (Doutoramento) University of Porto - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Portugal "The process of literary decolonization in Africa - the cases of Chinua Achebe, Ahmadou Kourouma and Mia Couto" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved by unanimity
1984/09/01 - 1988/10/04 Concluded	Mestrado em Literaturas Românicas modernas e Contemporâneas [Master's Degree in Modern and Contemporary Romance Literatures] (Mestrado) University of Porto - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Portugal ""Les Soleils des Indépendances" by Ahmadou Kourouma - rupture and originality" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good
1980/10/01 - 1984/07/31 Concluded	Licenciatura em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (Estudos Franceses e Ingleses) [Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (French and English Studies)] (Licenciatura) University of Porto - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15/20

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
1987/01/01 - Current	Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04/18 - Current	President of the Scientific-Technical Council	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2015/09/16 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master's degree in Teaching English in the 1st Cycle Basic Education	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2007/09/01 - Current	Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages and Cultures	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2009/11/12 - 2017/10/18	Vice-President of the Scientific-Technical Council	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/01 - Current	Member of the Commission of the Support Programme for Publication in High Quality Scientific Journals (PAPRE) of the Polytechnic of Porto	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
2010/06/01 - Current	European Primary Teacher Education (EPTE) 502066-LLP-1-2009-1-NL-ERASMUS-ECDCE Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	European Commission ERASMUS Multilateral projects; Lifelong Learning Programme; ERASMUS Curriculum Development Projects Ongoing
2018/02/01 - 2020/12/31	TEYL in the practicum: mapping supervisory and teaching approaches (MAp) n/a Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pinto, Cristina. IssuEs 21 - Issues in Education. Porto, Portugal: inED – Centre for Research and Innovation in Education. 2021. Published • Editor Pinto, Cristina. INW21 Conference - Intercultural Week - Book of Abstracts. Porto, Portugal: Politécnico do Porto - Escola Superior de Educação. 2021. Published • Editor Pinto, Cristina. Ler para Aprender - histórias em Inglês no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico [Read to Learn - stories in English in the 1st cycle of Basic Education]. Saarbrücken, Germany: Novas Edições Académicas. 2018. Published Pinto, Cristina. PEEP 17 - Primary English Teaching Education in Portugal: book of abstracts. Porto, Portugal: Polytechnic Institute of Porto - School of Education. 2017. Published • Editor
Book chapter	Pinto, Cristina. "Intercultural communication - a challenge for the 21st century (language) education". In Comunicação, Representações e Práticas Interculturais: Uma Perspectiva Global / Intercultural Communication, Representations and Practices: A Global Approach, 97-110. Lisboa, Portugal: UnYLeYa, 2014. Published Pinto, Cristina. "Igbo customs and traditions in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe". In Between Centres and Margins: Texts and Practices of New Intercultures, 57-78. Porto, Portugal: Edições Afrontamento, 2013. Published Pinto, Cristina. "The Cultural Background in African Tales and Myths". In In Permanent Transit: Discourses and Maps of the Intercultural Experience, 51-66. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Published Pinto, Cristina. "A língua como espaço de 'brincriação' em Mia Couto [Language as a space for creative playfulness in Mia Couto]". In Diálogos Interculturais: Os Novos Rumos da Viagem [Intercultural Dialogues: New Travel Paths], 203-214. Portugal: Grupo Editorial Vida Económica, 2011. Published
Conference paper	Pinto, Cristina. "Using picturebooks to give voice to troubled times". Paper presented in 37th Annual APPI Conference' - The Future of Education: EFL challenges, Braga, 2024. Pinto, Cristina. "Be a champion for difference!". Paper presented in 34th Annual Conference of the European Teacher Education Network (ETEN) - “Embracing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity”, Leeuwarden, 2024. Pinto, Cristina. "Using picturebooks to give voice to troubled times". Paper presented in 33rd ETEN Annual Conference, Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2023. Pinto, Cristina. "Things Fall Apart de Chinua Achebe: texto orgulhosamente negro ['Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe - a proudly black text]". Paper presented in ‘Os Textos têm Cor? Perspetivas e Representações do Racismo’ [Do Texts Have Colour? Perspectives and Representations of Racism], Porto, 2022. In press Pinto, Cristina. "Nigerian Literature". Paper presented in 2021 Reading Club - Trip Around the World in Eight Literatures, Porto, 2021. Pinto, Cristina. "I cannot do your homework for you: William Golding's Lord of the Flies read in Primary School and Higher Education". Paper presented in William Golding: beyond good and evil, Exeter, 2021. Pinto, Cristina. "'Luko's Journey Project': the creation of a picture book about the 'Refugees' topic towards the fostering of European values". Paper presented in Humanity / Humanities on the move, Braga, 2020. Pinto, Cristina. "Primary English Practice Programme for Ages 6-7 (PEPPA): apresentação e discussão da proposta de um projeto de ensino de inglês curricular nos 1º e 2º anos de escolaridade [Primary English Practice Programme for Ages 6-7 (PEPPA): presentation and discussion of the proposal for a curricular English teaching project in the 1st and 2nd years of schooling]". Paper presented in Inovação em Educação: balanços e perspetivas futuras [Innovation in Education: assessment and future perspectives], Porto, 2019. Pinto, Cristina. "From European heritage to 21st century European pro-active citizenship: 'Luko's Journey'". Paper presented in TEFL - 7th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language - ‘Intercultural language education for increased European identity and cohesion’, Lisbon, 2018. Pinto, Cristina. "Home is where the heart is...". Paper presented in 27th ETEN Annual Conference, Gothenburg, 2017. Pinto, Cristina. "Glory, glory, it's time for a story! Close your eyes and make a wish...". Paper presented in 25th ETEN Annual Conference, Copenhagen, 2015. Pinto, Cristina. "Kangaroos, Koalas, Kookaburras and Many More... in Aboriginal Dreaming Stories". Paper presented in 22nd ETEN Annual Conference, Coimbra, 2012. Published • http://www.eten-online.org/uploads/FINAL_ETEN_22_Proceedings_2012-1350833013.pdf Pinto, Cristina. "Intercultural communication - a challenge for the 21st century (language) education". Paper presented in II Congresso Internacional de Estudos Interculturais, Porto, 2011. Pinto, Cristina. "Olhares cruzados sobre literaturas africanas - Os animais nos contos africanos: esperteza ou sabedoria? [Crossed views on African literature - animals in African tales: cleverness or wisdom?]". Paper presented in Semana da Francofonia na ESE do Porto [Francophone Week at the School of Education of Porto], Porto, 2011. Pinto, Cristina. "Portugal and the Sea - a journey". Paper presented in 20th ETEN Annual Conference, Helsinki, 2010. Published • http://www.eten-online.org/img/publications/ETEN_Proceedings_20_2010.pdf Pinto, Cristina. "The Cultural Background in African Tales and Myths". Paper presented in II Ciclo de Conferências do Centro de Estudos Interculturais, Porto, 2009. Pinto, Cristina. "The animal trickster - an essential character in African tales". Paper presented in 19th ETEN Annual Conference, Izmir, 2009. Pinto, Cristina. "A língua como espaço de 'brincriação' em Mia Couto [Language as a space for creative playfulness in Mia Couto]". Paper presented in I Congresso Internacional de Estudos Interculturais [I International Congress of Intercultural Studies], Porto, 2008. Pinto, Cristina. "Once upon a time in Africa... - tales between the ethics and the aesthetics". Paper presented in 18th ETEN Annual Conference, Liverpool, 2008. Published • http://www.eten-online.org/img/publications/ETEN_Proceedings_18.pdf Pinto, Cristina. "Living and Learning with Feminine Figures through All-Time Favourite Children's Stories and Movies". Paper presented in ETEN (European Teachers Education Network) Annual Conference, Porto, 2007. Pinto, Cristina. "Informática pedagógica e ensino de línguas [Pedagogical informatics and language teaching]". Paper presented in Expolíngua Portugal (3º Salão Português de Línguas e Culturas) [Expolíngua Portugal (3rd Portuguese Languages and Cultures Exhibition)], Porto, 1991.
Conference poster	Pinto, Cristina. "Research (PRAXIS2 x PubVAL2) + Practice (OBS2 x XP2) = Professional Development". Paper presented in PEEP Inter-institutional Meeting 1, 2018.
Journal article	Pinto, Cristina. "Things Fall Apart de Chinua Achebe: texto orgulhosamente negro ['Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe - a proudly black text]". CEM — Cultura, Espaço & Memória 17 (2024): 25-38. Published Pinto, Cristina. "From European Heritage to 21st Century European Pro-active Citizenship: 'Luko's Journey'". MEXTESOL Journal 44 3 (2020): https://www.mextesol.net/journal/index.php?page=journal&id_issue=177. Open access • Published Pinto, Cristina. "Using children's literature in ELT - a story-based approach". Revista Sensos II 2 (2012): 23-39. https://recipp.ipp.pt/handle/10400.22/6290. Open access • Published Pinto, Cristina. "The animal trickster - an essential character in African tales". JETEN (Journal of the European Teacher Education Network) 5 (2010): 79-94. Open access • Published
Journal issue	Pinto, Cristina. "PEEP 17 - Primary English Education in Portugal". Sensos-e 5 1 (2018): https://parc.ipp.pt/index.php/sensos/issue/view/96. Published • Invited editor
Manual	Pinto, Cristina. English for Study Purposes. Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Replicação. 1990. Published
Report	Pinto, Cristina. 2023. Relatório do Projeto 22-23 [22-23 Project Report] - Primary English Practice Programme for ages 6-7 (PEPPA). Pinto, Cristina. 2021. Relatório do Projeto 19-20 [19-20 Project Report] - Primary English Practice Programme for ages 6-7 (PEPPA).
Translation	Pinto, Cristina. Curating Registered Journeys - Maria Graham and Dora Wordsworth. Lisboa, Portugal: Institute of Art History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in association with maat - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. 2021. Published Pinto, Cristina. Andersen's Tales. Porto, Portugal: Edinter. 1994. Published Pinto, Cristina. Louis Pasteur. Porto, Portugal: Edinter. 1994. Published Pinto, Cristina. Isaac Newton. Porto, Portugal: Edinter. 1994. Published

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2014/09/04	Focus Groups	EUREQA Project - Empowering Universities to fulfil their responsibility for Quality Assurance - "Methodologies and tools for collecting and analysing feedback on teaching and learning" University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/05/22 - Current	SINTIDUS - Journal of Scientific and Interdisciplinary Studies (2616 - 3233)	Lusophone University of Guinea
2018/01/22 - Current	SINTIDUS - Journal of Scientific and Interdisciplinary Studies (2616 - 3233)	Lusophone University of Guinea
2016/11/23 - Current	POLISSEMA - ISCAP Letters Magazine (1645-1937)	ISCAP-P.PORTO - Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto
2009/11/23 - Current	POLISSEMA - ISCAP Letters Magazine (1645-1937)	ISCAP-P.PORTO - Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2007/04/01 - Current	ETEN - European Teacher Education Network	ECO (ETEN coordinator) and member of the Thematic Interest Group (TIG) of "Creative Storytelling"

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024/04/22 - 2024/04/25	InterNetWorking Conference 2024 / Intercultural Week	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto
2023/04/26 - 2023/04/29	InterNetWorking Conference 2023 / Intercultural Week	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto
2022/05/28 - 2022/05/28	PEEP'22 Meeting Primary English Education in Portugal	Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho
2022/04/26 - 2022/04/29	InterNetWorking Conference 2022 / Intercultural Week	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto
2021/04/27 - 2021/04/30	InterNetWorking Conference 2021 / Intercultural Week	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto
2020/11/12 - 2020/11/14	Teachers and teacher educators: Education and professional development for early language learning	Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2019/11/16 - 2019/11/16	PEEP'19 Meeting - Primary English Education in Portugal	Escola Superior de Educação e Comunicação da Universidade do Algarve
2019/04/09 - 2019/04/12	InterNetWorking Conference 2019 / Intercultural Week	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto
2019/03/28 - 2019/03/30	ICIM 2019 - International Conference on Interculturalism and Multiculturalism	ISCAP-P.PORTO – Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto
2018/10/13 - 2018/10/13	PEEP 18 Network Meeting 'Primary English Education in Portugal: a meeting to value and share teacher research'	Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa
2017/09/22 - 2017/09/22	PEEP 17 Meeting 'Primary English Education in Portugal: a meeting to value and share teacher research'	Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2017/10/01 - Current	Literatures and Cultures in English II (South African Literature and Culture; Australian Literature and Culture)	Literaturas e Culturas em Língua Inglesa II [Literatures and Cultures in English II] (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2015/10/01 - Current	Cultures and Children's Literature in the English Language (use of picturebooks to teach the cultures of the USA, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to primary school pupils)	Cultures and Children's Literature in English (Mestrado)	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2009/10/01 - Current	Literatures and Cultures in English I (Literature and culture of the United States of America; Nigerian Literature and Culture)	Literaturas e Culturas em Língua Inglesa I [Literatures and Cultures in English I] (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
1989/10/01 - Current	English Culture	English Culture (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
1989/10/01 - Current	English Literature	English Literature (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2024/06/05 - 2024/06/08	Plurilingual and Intercultural Education	EPTE - European Primary Teacher Education (Bachelor)	Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/06/30 - Current	Politema
2013/06/01 - Current	E-REI: E-Journal of Intercultural Studies (2182-6439)	Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Politécnico do Porto (ISCAP-P.PORTO)

Distinctions

Other distinction

2007	Distinçaõ por 20 anos de serviço na Escola Superior de Educação [Distinction for 20 years of service at the School of Education] Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal