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Solving STEM-relevant problems: A study with prospective primary school teachers
Morgado, Sofia; Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís; Varela, PauloSolving a problem requires and promotes a diversity of competencies, which include conceptual knowledge, technical and methodological knowledge, and transversal competencies. Everyday STEM-relevant problems are contextualized, ill structured, and multidisciplinary in nature. By focusing on daily life issues, they promote students’ engagement in the problem-solving process and enable them to perceive how science...
Biology and geology teachers’ perspectives on environmental problems and positi...
Carvalho, Luísa; Dourado, LuísCurrent global concerns invite reflection on which qualities, characteristics, or capacities should be prioritised in ecosystems so that judgements of moral relevance lead to actions, policies, and programmes whose impacts are environmentally sustainable. Regarding the importance of teachers’ role in education, as agents of change, it was considered pertinent to investigate the perceptions of Portuguese Biology...
Design de jogos digitais como estratégia na formação de professores no sul do B...
Oliveira; Alline; Osório, António José; Dourado, LuísEsta investigação analisou de que forma a criação de jogos digitais pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de saberes docentes em contextos de formação inicial e continuada em Ciências, com ênfase no ensino de Biologia. Participaram da pesquisa licenciandos e professores em exercício, envolvidos em propostas formativas desenvolvidas no Brasil e em Portugal. A atividade central consistiu no desenvolvimento de pr...
Conceptions and perceptions about sources of energy and related technologies
Dourado, Luís; Afonso, Ana Sofia; Leite, LaurindaNowadays, there is a growing demand for electric energy, which is needed to foster economic development as well as to sustain modern lifestyles (e.g., for transportation, and communication services). For many years, fossil fuels were the main energy source for electricity generation. Yet, since the 1990s, there has been an increasing trend to use renewable and clean energy sources for energy generation. This pa...
A interculturalidade nas aulas de ciências no Chile: práticas e perspetivas de ...
Velasquez-Semper, Francisco; Dourado, LuísEste estudo analisa as perspetivas de professores de ciências no Chile sobre alunos estrangeiros (AE) num contexto de diversidade cultural. Um inquérito realizado a 114 professores evidenciou que os AE são valorizados como fontes de conhecimento, embora essa valorização seja influenciada pela sua nacionalidade. Observações e entrevistas conduzidas com seis professores identificaram a utilização das ideias prévi...
Biology and geology teachers and ecoethics education: From the guidelines and t...
Carvalho, Luísa; Dourado, LuísEcoethics studies the moral relationship among human beings, the environment and its non-human components, whereas education for ecoethics involves a reflexion on how to live, how to make environmental choices and how to think about the consequences of human activities. To promote this reflexion, teachers must be able to teach subjects related to ecoethics, having adequate teacher training in the field. Thus, i...
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Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís[Excerto] Um dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável (ODS) que a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) estabeleceu, em 2015, como devendo ser alcançado até 2030, é garantir o acesso à educação inclusiva, de qualidade e equitativa, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos (ODS 4).
Integrando a contextualização e a resolução de problemas para educar em ciência...
Dourado, Luís; Leite, Laurinda; Morgado, Sofia[Excerto] Introdução A afirmação de que a educação é um direito de todos os cidadãos tornou-se um lugar comum, em parte devido ao fato de as metas de desenvolvimento sustentável (UN, 2015) reconhecerem esse direito. No entanto, a meta quatro realça o fato de, não só dever ser facultada educação a todos os cidadãos, mas de essa educação dever ser uma educação de qualidade articulada com o ambiente em que os alun...
Higher education students’ perceptions of issues related to Covid-19: a study o...
Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís; Mapatse, Maria Verónica; Arão, José; Moraes, Jerusa; Castellar, SôniaIn early 2020, a pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 affected the world and all countries had to adopt important measures to face a disease named COVID-19. This paper aims at investigating the perceptions about key issues related to COVID-19 held by students attending the third year of three different areas of undergraduate studies at higher education institutions of three Portuguese-speaking coun...
Conceptions of Portuguese science teachers on the concept of ecoethics
Carvalho, Luísa Maria dos Santos; Dourado, Luís; Varandas, Maria JoséEcoethics is a philosophical subject that studies the moral relationship of human beings concerning the environment and its non-human components. Education for ecoethics addresses issues of how to live, how to make environmental choices, and how to think about the consequences of human activities. It is important that, firstly, the concept of ecoethics is clear to all involved, including teachers and students. ...