The other of myself: representations of portuguese teachers about intercultural education related concepts

Having into consideration that we live in a multicultural society, it is important to analyse how far people view and accept each other. Therefore, one should reflect upon concepts such as: representations and stereotypes, because they are interpersonal constructs which are (re)built during the interaction of different sociocultural groups. In this study, we focus our attention on the representations a sociocultural group – Portuguese teachers - has of intercultural education and the role of teachers and educators in the promotion of an intercultural approach at school. We believe that teachers have the responsibility to: find out the representations students have of the Other; reconfigure stereotyped representations; and create representations which favor dialogue and relationship with the Other flourish. Following a sociolinguistic approach (Müller, 1998; Vasseur, 2001; Vasseur & Hudelot, 1998), which is related to the construction and diffusion of representations in discourse, we analyse the discourse of teachers during a workshop called ‘The Other and Myself’, in which they build and discuss about a didactic mask that portrays their own vision of both themselves and their ideas of intercultural education.

A formação dos educadores de infância: estratégias e práticas. Estudo realizado num agrupamento de escolas na zona Norte de Portugal

Trabalho de Projeto apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Ciências da Educação - Especialização em Supervisão Pedagógica

Cidadania e participação - uma proposta de análise das competências de tomada de decisão das crianças na escola

Comunicação apresentada no V Encontro do CIED – Escola e Comunidade, nos dias 18 e 19 de novembro de 2011, na Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, organizado pelo CIED, com o apoio da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa. Atas do V Encontro do CIED – Escola e Comunidade publicadas em junho de 2012 por CIED - Centro de Interdisciplinar de Estudos Educacionais.

The creation of a new tourist destination in low density areas: the Boticas case

CIEO-Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve