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- Desafios da inovação curricular: perspetivas de professores veteranosPublication . Torres, Ana Cristina; Mouraz, Ana; Monteiro, AngélicaO acentuado envelhecimento docente em Portugal tem sido reconhecido como um dos obstáculos à mudança do paradigma educacional com que muitos sistemas educativos europeus estão comprometidos. As crescentes diferenças geracionais entre professores e alunos, as constantes pressões para a utilização educativa das tecnologias e a intensificação do trabalho docente têm contribuído para algum sentimento de ineficácia do trabalho curricular e um certo desencanto profissional em muitos professores. Neste contexto, o projeto REKINDLE+50 trabalhou com professores veteranos procurando potenciar a relação entre a sua agência curricular e as práticas de ensino pelo recurso a tecnologias digitais, com vista à promoção de um (re)encantamento profissional através da inovação curricular. Este texto analisa perspetivas de professores veteranos sobre os desafios da inovação curricular pelo uso de tecnologias, incluindo práticas, riscos percebidos, obstáculos e estratégias de superação que identificam na sua agência perante a inovação curricular. Assumindo uma metodologia qualitativa de cariz interpretativo, foi realizada uma análise de conteúdo aos murais em padlet e às reflexões individuais de 36 professores que participaram num curso de formação, organizado no âmbito do projeto, bem como às transcrições de três grupos de discussão focalizada. Desta análise constatou-se que a agência curricular de professores veteranos é potenciada por práticas de inovação pelas tecnologias, sobretudo quando percebem a sustentabilidade dessas práticas e os efeitos das mesmas numa participação mais ativa dos alunos nas atividades de ensino e na melhoria das suas aprendizagens.
- Effects of a model for multidisciplinary peer observation of teaching in teacher professional development and in nurturing a reflective schoolPublication . Mouraz, Ana; Pinto, Daniela; Torres, Ana CristinaPeer observation of teaching has for long been defended as a valuable device of professional and institutional development in higher education, but is almost unexplored at primary- and secondary-level schools. This paper introduces a model for multidisciplinary peer observation of teaching that has been developed and implemented in a professional development programme in two Portuguese school clusters of basic and secondary education in collaboration with its teachers. After four years of developing the programme in these school clusters, a case study was conducted through a qualitative analysis of observation guides completed throughout the years (N = 563) to identify perceived effects of participating in the programme for both teacher professional development and reflective practices. The programme emerged as a powerful initiative to foster teacher collaboration, innovation, and reflection for improving practices. Implications related to current national curriculum and educational policies are discussed.
- High school students as researchers about their school: exploring its potential for choices and skillsPublication . Torres, Ana Cristina; Mouraz, AnaThis paper introduces a partnership between researchers in Education Sciences and high school students and discusses the students’ perceptions of the effects of taking on the role of researchers in Education Sciences. These partnerships were established to develop a project in which high school students researched their school’s everyday life in collaboration with academic researchers. The partners are introduced, as well as the partnership and the steps for supporting the student researchers in developing their projects. Drawing on student voice literature, a qualitative evaluation of the students’ products and perspectives regarding their experiences as researchers pointed to the potential of these partnerships for the students’ engagement in discussions about educational trajectories and pathway choices with their peers, teachers and researchers. Moreover, the students’ perceptions indicate an improvement in their inquiry skills and valuing of research in Education Sciences. This paper adds to the existing literature on student voice in schools, by discussing processes to engage students as researchers of school issues and by highlighting the importance of student voice to early awareness and recognition of research in Education Sciences.
- High school students’ questions about science and religion in school debates with scientistsPublication . Torres, Ana Cristina; Paiva, João; Mouraz, AnaThe paper describes an analysis of the questions posed by high school students regarding relationships between science and religion in a series of debates with scientists in public high schools of the northern part of Portugal. The exploratory interpretation of 171 collected anonymous written questions allowed for the detection of fragilities in the students’ ideas about the nature of science and the nature of religion, connected with a trend to reject religion using scientism arguments. The findings reinforce a need of revising the fragmented teaching of nature of science and its connections with religion towards a more contextualized approach of diversified episodes of these social endeavours, anchored in life’s ‘big questions’ that allow students to make cross-disciplinary connections. Our analysis also supports the need for more research on students’ questions rather than on students’ answers in more common research methodologies conducted to inform the development of a more meaningful curriculum.
- Quem te viu e quem te vê: os sentidos do caminhoPublication . Mouraz, Ana; Torres, Ana Cristina; Fonte, RuiEste livro decorre do processo de intervenção e investigação do projeto Quem te viu e quem te vê (WAY). O projeto está em curso em quatro Agrupamentos de Escolas das Regiões Norte e Centro de Portugal, a saber: Agrupamento de Escolas Camilo Castelo Branco (Famalicão), Agrupamento de Escolas de Canas de Senhorim; Agrupamento de Escolas de Ribeirão ( Famalicão) e Escolas de S. pedro ( Vila Real). O projeto é investigado e monitorizado por uma equipa de investigadores de três Universidades portuguesas ( Universidade Aberta – Laboratório de educação a Distância e e-Learning; Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas; e Universidade de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro), que trazem para o projeto a complementaridade dos assuntos que têm Investigado. O projeto é financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ( referência 2022.01025.PTDC), decorre até 2026 e está a entrar no seu segundo ano de implementação. O WAY visa aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem autorregulada de alunos do ensino secundário, através do seu envolvimento na observação dos pares durante as aulas. O título do projeto resume, não só, a estreita conexão entre a autorregulação das aprendizagens dos alunos e a observação dos pares que a equipa pretende estudar, mas também da importância da voz dos alunos e da sua participação nestes processos de pesquisa.
- Self-regulated learning in secondary school: students' self-feedback in a peer observation programPublication . Torres, Ana Cristina; Duarte, Marina; Pinto, Daniela; Mouraz, AnaSelf-regulated learning (SRL) is crucial for fostering learner autonomy and lifelong learning skills. The article focuses on observation as a trigger of student self-feedback and self-reflection towards the development of SRL. A student peer observation programme, co-designed and piloted by teachers and researchers in two Portuguese public secondary schools is introduced, including its theoretical and methodological framework, observation scheme, and supporting observation guides. A qualitative study of self-reported effects by participating students was performed with the objectives of identifying strong aspects and possible improvements to the programme but also to gain a deeper understanding of how observation and self-feedback mediate between the performance and self-reflection phases of SRL. The results reveal an increased appreciation for feedback from various sources, and of the reflection it enables, with students emphasizing seeking help from teachers and peers. Implications for designing collaborative and student-centred learning environments with observational strategies to promote SRL are included.
- Transição para o ensino secundário em Portugal: vozes de estudantes sobre dificuldades académicasPublication . Torres, Ana Cristina; Mouraz, AnaO artigo apresenta e discute perspetivas de estudantes recém-chegados ao ensino secundário sobre as principais dificuldades acadêmicas que referem ter sentido na transição para esta última etapa obrigatória da escolaridade em Portugal, relacionando-as com a organização curricular das modalidades dos seus cursos. De acordo com as perspetivas recolhidas em seis grupos de discussão focalizada, esta transição parece configurar-se de sentimentos mais positivos para estudantes em cursos profissionais do que para estudantes em cursos científico-humanísticos. Os primeiros apenas referem ter de adaptar-se à elevada carga horária dos cursos. Os segundos lutam com a rapidez e exigência do ensino e do trabalho autônomo resultantes da pressão dos programas e exames. Estes resultados suportam a necessidade de se conceder maior flexibilidade e abertura à organização curricular do ensino secundário.
- Veteran teachers and the challenges of curriculum innovationPublication . Mouraz, Ana; Lopes, Amélia; Morgado, José Carlos; Torres, Ana CristinaThe question that underlies this text is to think about the professional re-enchantment of veteran teachers in the context of a project that aimed to promote ICT as a vehicle for improving curriculum agency among these professionals, diminishing the intergenerational gap they face in their classrooms and in their schools. Rekindle+50 – Digital migrations and curricular innovation: giving new meaning to experience and rekindle teaching profession after 50, is a project that invested in an idea of training for professional development that aims to place teachers and their curricular decisions, assisted by ICT devices, at the heart of the training action. The chapter provides an overview concerning discourses about innovation, curriculum and technologies that challenge veteran teachers in Portugal, describes, briefly, the Rekindle+50 project in its attempt to study the conditions of professional re-enchantement of veteran teachers, and presents the preliminary results of the project.