The role of literature: english textbooks and literature in secondary teaching in Portugal

Trabalho de Projecto apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino de Inglês

Building a knowledge and learning society in Portugal - Adult students in technological schools and higher education institutions

Chapter in Merrill, Barbara (ed.) (2009) Learning to Change? The Role of Identity and Learning Careers in Adult Education. Hamburg: Peter Lang Publishers. URL: http://www.peterlang.com/ index.cfm?vID=58279&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

Are basic schools more effective than secondary schools?

The present essay focuses on the effectiveness of Portuguese public schools’ provision of 7th, 8th and 9th grades, using data from the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12. At least two school types offer these grades: Basic and Secondary. Based on previous findings, a production function is estimated for 9th grade students in the regular academic track, including a variable that indicates the specific school type attended by each student. After concluding that Basic Schools add more value, some explanations are presented as well as recommendations and possible further research.

Formação Contínua de Professores e Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação no Distrito de Setúbal: um estudo de avaliação

A Formação Contínua em Contexto de Prática Efectiva foi um modelo de formação contínua implementado em cinco Centros de Formação de Associações de Escolas do Distrito de Setúbal. Após um ano da sua implementação, optou-se pela realização de um estudo de avaliação que utilizou para recolha de dados o inquérito por questionário. Foi dirigido aos professores a leccionar nas escolas de cada centro. A análise englobou o nível de satisfação dos docentes participantes no estudo, relativamente ao tipo de Formação Contínua que realizaram nos últimos anos e permitiu: conhecer as competências e conhecimentos de base tecnológica dos professores; conhecer as suas necessidades de formação futuras e analisar como são assimiladas pelos professores as novas formas de Formação Contínua quer de carácter misto, presencial e a distância (“blended-learning”) quer online. The Continuing Professional Development in the context of effective practice was a model of teachers’ training implemented in five Schools Associations’ Training Centers in the District of Setúbal. After a year of its implementation it took place an assessment study using a survey, directed to the teachers that teach in the schools of the five Centers. The analysis approached teachers’ level of satisfaction participating in the study about the type of Continuing Training in which they enrolled in recent years; it allowed to know teachers’ ICT skills and knowledge; it allowed to identify future training needs and examine how new models of Continuing Training are understood by teachers in either blended or distance learning.

Behavioural development in a matching-to-sample task and token use by an infant chimpanzee reared by his mother

Animal Cognition, V.6, pp. 259–267

Burrows-wheeler transform in secondary memory

Master’s Thesis in Computer Engineering

Public private collaboration: Potentials for spatial data infrastructure development in developing countries - A caste study of Nigeria

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

Molecular mechanisms of sexual development in basidiomycetes: exploring connections with lifestyles

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Biologia

Program Catapultas: Education for development in Bairro Padre Cruz

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The use of corpora to the teach english as a foreign language in secondary education in Portugal

Trabalho de Projecto apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Didáctica Do Inglês

Business development in Siemens global shared services delivery center Portugal

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

How training evaluation can be used to potentiate employee development in an organization

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics