The use of story apps in the development of digital and multimodal reading: a look at situated practices.
We present the main findings of a case study focusing on the digital literacy practices of a Portuguese early childhood teacher known for her innovative pedagogical methods. Data was collected through an in-depth interview centred on the teacher's perceptions about her digital literacy practices and on the professional development underpinning such practices. The thematic content analysis of the data was based ...
Durante a pandemia da COVID-19, as experiências de estágio foram reduzidas e, em muitos contextos, foram concretizadas em ambientes online. Neste artigo apresentam-se alguns resultados do projeto internacional PRAC3 que explora recursos de ensino para o estágio online numa lógica de complementaridade do estágio presencial. Os dados foram recolhidos junto de alunos futuros professores (n=70) e de professores coo...
This paper explores teachers’ views of leadership and the potential of networking in fostering teacher professional development. The study draws upon a broader piece of research aimed at examining conditions for teacher leadership in challenging circumstances. questionnaires with open-ended questions that the participation of teachers in networks created an opportunity to foster professional collaboration and s...
What challenges are currently facing early childhood education? What views fit the notion of child/ren and childhood/s? How to promote learning building and encourage the development of willingness, attitudes and values for structuring future learning?In addition to the educational sciences, neurosciences, sociology, psychology, anthropology and biology, economics and other scientific areas are also addressing ...
The key role of play in early-years education has been highlighted by several pedagogues such as Froebel, Montessori, Weikart, Malaguzzi, among many others. It is consensual among the international educational community that children now spend far more time being instructed and tested in literacy and math than they do learning through play, exercising their bodies and using their imagination and creativity. Thi...
The roles and responsibilities of preschool teachers require a broad range of skills that include promoting child development, being sensitive and responsive to individual needs, working collaboratively with families and communities, and negotiating unexpected and challenging situations. The understanding of the practical training component is that of experiential learning supervised and reflected in real worki...
Language is widely recognized as an inescapable mediating tool for professional learning, and with this text we want to contribute to a better understanding of the particular role that guided writing can play in in-service professional reflective learning. We analysed one pre-school teacher’s written portfolio, the construction of which was guided to scaffold deep thinking about (and the transference of theory ...
Language is widely recognized as an inescapable mediating tool for professional learning, and with this text we want to contribute to a better understanding of the particular role that guided writing can play in in-service professional reflective learning. We analysed one pre-school teacher’s written portfolio, the construction of which was guided to scaffold deep thinking about (and the transference of theory i...
No contexto de mudança no Ensino Superior, reconhece-se a crescente importância da avaliação enquanto fator determinante para a qualidade do ensino, da aprendizagem e dos resultados académicos. A literatura internacional aponta para a necessidade de analisar o impacto dos diferentes métodos de avaliação, especialmente os chamados métodos alternativos ou centrados na aprendizagem.