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The Blue School Program: A Model for Holistic Ocean Literacy Education
Costa, Raquel Lorenz; Faria, CláudiaThe Blue School Program is an educational initiative to enhance ocean literacy (OL) by fostering understanding and awareness of the ocean’s importance among students, teachers, and local communities. Through a holistic, interdisciplinary, and intercultural approach, it integrates scientific, cultural, and ethical dimensions of ocean education. This perspective paper examines the program’s implementation in Port...
Preservice Elementary Teachers' Views towards integrating comics into teaching
Valente, Bianor; Torres, Joana; Faria, Cláudia; Maurício, PauloDespite the growing body of research suggesting the benefits of integrating comics into teaching practices, research on teachers' attitudes towards using comics in education is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine comic book reading habits and attitudes of preservice elementary teachers regarding the use of comics in education. The results revealed a lack of comic book reading habits: 37% indicated they...
Mapping science communication in higher education in Portugal: a systematic evi...
Guerra, Cecília; Moreira, António; Pombo, Pedro; Galvão, Cecília; Faria, Cláudia; Granado, António; Sanchez, Ana; Paiva, João CarlosScience communication training plays a crucial role in enabling scientists to effectively connect with the public, emphasizing essential skills such as building trust in scientific and technological advancements. Despite significant progress, some studies show a notable deficiency in higher education (HE) institutional structures and mechanisms dedicated to science communication training, addressing a diverse a...
Potentialities of science comics for science communication: lessons from the cl...
Faria, Cláudia; Valente, Bianor; Torres, JoanaThe aim of this pilot study was to understand how the use of science comics, centred on complex scientific knowledge, can promote students’ engagement with science, in order to discuss its potentialities as a tool to communicate science for the general public. The qualitative study involved 175 students and 7 teachers. The results revealed that the use of comics significantly increases students’ motivation and ...
Peer feedback and learning: a case study with 8th-grade Portuguese students
Asper, Gerson; Faria, Cláudia; Serra, Paula; Galvão, CecíliaThis research explores the contributions of peer feedback to student learning, in the context of peer assessment. The study involved a class of 20 Portuguese middle school pupils and used document analysis, interviews, and a questionnaire to collect data. Peer feedback was identified as the key factor driving improvements in pupil performance, due mainly to its key role in identifying improvement points, but al...
Mapping Science Communication in Higher Education in Portugal: A Systematic Evi...
Guerra, C.; Moreira, A.; Pombo, Pedro; Galvão, Cecília; Faria, Cláudia; Granado, António; Sanchez, Ana; Paiva, J. C.; Carvalho, PauloScience communication training plays a crucial role in enabling scientists to effectively connect with the public, emphasizing essential skills such as building trust in scientific and technological advancements. Despite significant progress, some studies show a notable deficiency in higher education (HE) institutional structures and mechanisms dedicated to science communication training, addressing a diverse a...
“Green Cities:” A Panel Discussion Activity for Promoting Pre-Service Teachers’...
Faria, Cláudia; Valente, Bianor; Oliveira, Hélia; Galvão, CecíliaThe purpose of this study was to analyze the potentialities of a learning module, created within an Erasmus+ project, which involved pre-service elementary teachers in a socio-scientific scenario related to green cities. The participants were involved in a panel discussion activity, with the main objective of discussing and reflecting on how to transform a particular city into a green city, taking into account ...
The Influence of Real-Context Scientific Activities on Preservice Elementary Te...
Valente, Bianor; Maurício, P.; Faria, Cláudia
Potentialities of science comics for science communication: lessons from the cl...
Faria, Cláudia; Valente, Bianor; Torres, JoanaThe aim of this pilot study was to understand how the use of science comics can promote students’ engagement with science, in order to discuss its potentialities as a tool to communicate science for the general public, even when involves more complex scientific knowledge. The qualitative study involved 175 students and 7 teachers. The results revealed that the use of comics significantly increases students’ mot...
The Role of Biobanks in the Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic: The Portuguese Res...
Abdulghani, Saba; Afonso, Ângela; Castillo, Mireia; Martín-Fernández, Javier; Franco, Inês; Parreira, Bruna; Couto, Ana; Bruges-Armas, JácomeN/a.; N/a.