Cláudia Faria
Biographic Data
| ID | 3652454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cláudia Faria |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cláudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Faria |
| SIGNATURE | FARIA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1278-8061 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Turning the Page on a Missed Opportunity
This study investigates the perspectives of pre-service and newly qualified elementary teachers on the use of comics in science education. Drawing on interviews with 19 participants, it reveals positive views of comics as engaging and inclusive tools that support conceptual understanding and student competencies. However, their effective use is seen as dependent on careful pedagogical planning and contextual adaptation. Participants identified ex…
Mapping Science Communication in Higher Education in Portugal
Science 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 audience including researchers, teach…
The Influence of Real-Context Scientific Activities on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Thinking and Practice of Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry
Lesson-study on health education with pre-service biology teachers
The purpose of this paper is to present an appraisal of a lesson-study implementation with pre-service biology teachers concerning a health education issue, how blood pressure works and how it is affected. The participants were 11 pre-service teachers, a secondary school biology teacher and three teacher educators from a local University. A qualitative and interpretative approach was followed. Data were collected through participant observation, …
Inquiry in higher education for sustainable development
Purpose This paper aims to understand if a project work methodology proposed to students, based on an inquiry perspective and dealing with different dimensions of sustainable development, contributed to creating an interdisciplinary solution for a problem on sustainability challenged by food production and consumption, and also to understand if this methodological approach is perceived as important to their learning as professionals and citizens.…
Fighting Against Traditions of Silence
Fighting Against Traditions of SilenceThe Year in Portugal Cláudia Maria Ferreira Faria (bio) Apparently, some invisible but persistent barrier (social, political, or religious) prevents people from revealing their thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences, and only prominent figures (mainly in sports, medicine, and politics) seem to feel the need to advertise their abilities or to justify their actions, seeking to come to terms with themselve…
No Coward Soul is Mine
"No Coward Soul is Mine"The Year in Portugal Cláudia Faria (bio) If you are not a famous football player, involved in a political or private scandal, or recovering from cancer, your autobiography will surely fail to make any bestseller list in Portugal. It is not only the general public who is disinterested in everyday life stories; Portuguese academe also appears reluctant to embrace life writing as a legitimate field of study, which explains th…
Reflections and Insights
Reflections and InsightsThe Year in Portugal Cláudia Faria (bio) In Portugal, the tradition of life writing is still embryonic. Catherine Dumas, Portuguese teacher at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, argues that there is a tendency to include the writing of diaries in fictional literature and she stresses that in general, these two genres are frequently confused with one another. In fact, only recently, scholars in academia have started to in…
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Reflections and Insights
Reflections and InsightsThe Year in Portugal Cláudia Faria (bio) In Portugal, the tradition of life writing is still embryonic. Catherine Dumas, Portuguese teacher at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, argues that there is a tendency to include the writing of diaries in fictional literature and she stresses that in general, these two genres are frequently confused with one another. In fact, only recently, scholars in academia have started to in…
No Coward Soul is Mine
"No Coward Soul is Mine"The Year in Portugal Cláudia Faria (bio) If you are not a famous football player, involved in a political or private scandal, or recovering from cancer, your autobiography will surely fail to make any bestseller list in Portugal. It is not only the general public who is disinterested in everyday life stories; Portuguese academe also appears reluctant to embrace life writing as a legitimate field of study, which explains th…
Inquiry in higher education for sustainable development
Purpose This paper aims to understand if a project work methodology proposed to students, based on an inquiry perspective and dealing with different dimensions of sustainable development, contributed to creating an interdisciplinary solution for a problem on sustainability challenged by food production and consumption, and also to understand if this methodological approach is perceived as important to their learning as professionals and citizens.…
Fighting Against Traditions of Silence
Fighting Against Traditions of SilenceThe Year in Portugal Cláudia Maria Ferreira Faria (bio) Apparently, some invisible but persistent barrier (social, political, or religious) prevents people from revealing their thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences, and only prominent figures (mainly in sports, medicine, and politics) seem to feel the need to advertise their abilities or to justify their actions, seeking to come to terms with themselve…
Lesson-study on health education with pre-service biology teachers
The purpose of this paper is to present an appraisal of a lesson-study implementation with pre-service biology teachers concerning a health education issue, how blood pressure works and how it is affected. The participants were 11 pre-service teachers, a secondary school biology teacher and three teacher educators from a local University. A qualitative and interpretative approach was followed. Data were collected through participant observation, …
Mapping Science Communication in Higher Education in Portugal
Science 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 audience including researchers, teach…
The Influence of Real-Context Scientific Activities on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Thinking and Practice of Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry
Turning the Page on a Missed Opportunity
This study investigates the perspectives of pre-service and newly qualified elementary teachers on the use of comics in science education. Drawing on interviews with 19 participants, it reveals positive views of comics as engaging and inclusive tools that support conceptual understanding and student competencies. However, their effective use is seen as dependent on careful pedagogical planning and contextual adaptation. Participants identified ex…
Political science (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Biography (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · History (3 works) · History, Culture, and Society (3 works) · Law (3 works)