André Freitas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3859780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | André Freitas |
| GIVEN NAMES | André |
| FAMILY NAME | Freitas |
| SIGNATURE | FREITAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Lusófona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5529-6465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Resistance, Creativity, and Critique in Researching With Children Through Arts‐Based Narrative Inquiry
This article contributes to efforts to challenge adult‐centred educational research through an arts‐based narrative inquiry co‐composed with Octávio, Raposa, Cármen and Flávio—children aged 6 to 10 from minority communities in Brazil and Portugal. Their narratives emerged through shared storytelling, conversations, interviews, hugs, and playful moments in their schools. Although focused on their school trajectories within art experiences, their p…
On the Nature of Explanation
Relation Extraction in Underexplored Biomedical Domains
The sparsity of labeled data is an obstacle to the development of Relation Extraction (RE) models and the completion of databases in various biomedical areas. While being of high interest in drug-discovery, the literature on natural products, reporting the identification of potential bioactive compounds from organisms, is a concrete example of such an overlooked topic. To mark the start of this new task, we created the first curated evaluation da…
Narrativas De Crianças Entre Produções Literárias
A concetualização da infância por meio das práticas culturais baseadas na literatura para as crianças tem sido objeto de reflexão. Entre Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen e Manoel de Barros, a obra literária tem contribuído para os desígnios de criança como sujeito social, constituindo-se como reações críticas contra o conservadorismo sobre a infância e a vida da criança. A literatura para as crianças, enquanto artefacto cultural, impacta a experi…
Teaching and Learning Research Methodologies in Education
This study aims to contribute to understanding of the state of the art regarding the pedagogical cultures associated with teaching and learning research methods in advanced studies education through the identification of trends and pitfalls. The rationale behind this objective is the recognition that most of the research in education comes from academic programmes, in particular master’s and doctoral programmes, which generally include research m…
Teaching Research Methods Courses in Education
This paper aims to identify and discuss what constitutes a research-based pedagogical culture in teaching research methods courses in master’s and doctoral programs in education. The discussion draws on empirical results of a set of five focus group interviews with teachers responsible for teaching research methods courses in educational programs in higher education institutions in Portugal. Data are analyzed and interpreted within a situated lea…
Transformers and the Representation of Biomedical Background Knowledge
Specialized transformers-based models (such as BioBERT and BioMegatron) are adapted for the biomedical domain based on publicly available biomedical corpora. As such, they have the potential to encode large-scale biological knowledge. We investigate the encoding and representation of biological knowledge in these models, and its potential utility to support inference in cancer precision medicine—namely, the interpretation of the clinical signific…
Measuring diagram quality through semiotic morphisms
This paper outlines a method to assess the effectiveness of diagrams, from semiotic foundations. In doing so, we explore the Peircian notion of signification, as applied to diagrammatic representations. We review a history of diagrams, with particular emphasis on schematics used for representing systems, and uncover the neglect of semiotic analysis of diagrammatic representations. Through application of category theory to the Peircian triadic mod…
Reconceptualizing Expressive Arts Education in Portugal through a Biographical Narrative Approach
In light of ongoing controversies concerning expressive arts education in Portuguese primary schools, the life history of one primary-school teacher who lives and works in the city of Porto (Portugal) is the starting point for problematizing this issue from the perspective of lived experiences. Data collection comprises oral reports, visual materials, and emotional accounts. Feelings were shared in a relational environment framed by ethical commi…
Transformers and the Representation of Biomedical Background Knowledge
Specialized transformers-based models (such as BioBERT and BioMegatron) are adapted for the biomedical domain based on publicly available biomedical corpora. As such, they have the potential to encode large-scale biological knowledge. We investigate the encoding and representation of biological knowledge in these models, and its potential utility to support inference in cancer precision medicine—namely, the interpretation of the clinical signific…
Measuring diagram quality through semiotic morphisms
This paper outlines a method to assess the effectiveness of diagrams, from semiotic foundations. In doing so, we explore the Peircian notion of signification, as applied to diagrammatic representations. We review a history of diagrams, with particular emphasis on schematics used for representing systems, and uncover the neglect of semiotic analysis of diagrammatic representations. Through application of category theory to the Peircian triadic mod…
Reconceptualizing Expressive Arts Education in Portugal through a Biographical Narrative Approach
In light of ongoing controversies concerning expressive arts education in Portuguese primary schools, the life history of one primary-school teacher who lives and works in the city of Porto (Portugal) is the starting point for problematizing this issue from the perspective of lived experiences. Data collection comprises oral reports, visual materials, and emotional accounts. Feelings were shared in a relational environment framed by ethical commi…
Measuring diagram quality through semiotic morphisms
This paper outlines a method to assess the effectiveness of diagrams, from semiotic foundations. In doing so, we explore the Peircian notion of signification, as applied to diagrammatic representations. We review a history of diagrams, with particular emphasis on schematics used for representing systems, and uncover the neglect of semiotic analysis of diagrammatic representations. Through application of category theory to the Peircian triadic mod…
Transformers and the Representation of Biomedical Background Knowledge
Specialized transformers-based models (such as BioBERT and BioMegatron) are adapted for the biomedical domain based on publicly available biomedical corpora. As such, they have the potential to encode large-scale biological knowledge. We investigate the encoding and representation of biological knowledge in these models, and its potential utility to support inference in cancer precision medicine—namely, the interpretation of the clinical signific…
Teaching and Learning Research Methodologies in Education
This study aims to contribute to understanding of the state of the art regarding the pedagogical cultures associated with teaching and learning research methods in advanced studies education through the identification of trends and pitfalls. The rationale behind this objective is the recognition that most of the research in education comes from academic programmes, in particular master’s and doctoral programmes, which generally include research m…
Teaching Research Methods Courses in Education
This paper aims to identify and discuss what constitutes a research-based pedagogical culture in teaching research methods courses in master’s and doctoral programs in education. The discussion draws on empirical results of a set of five focus group interviews with teachers responsible for teaching research methods courses in educational programs in higher education institutions in Portugal. Data are analyzed and interpreted within a situated lea…
On the Nature of Explanation
Relation Extraction in Underexplored Biomedical Domains
The sparsity of labeled data is an obstacle to the development of Relation Extraction (RE) models and the completion of databases in various biomedical areas. While being of high interest in drug-discovery, the literature on natural products, reporting the identification of potential bioactive compounds from organisms, is a concrete example of such an overlooked topic. To mark the start of this new task, we created the first curated evaluation da…
Narrativas De Crianças Entre Produções Literárias
A concetualização da infância por meio das práticas culturais baseadas na literatura para as crianças tem sido objeto de reflexão. Entre Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen e Manoel de Barros, a obra literária tem contribuído para os desígnios de criança como sujeito social, constituindo-se como reações críticas contra o conservadorismo sobre a infância e a vida da criança. A literatura para as crianças, enquanto artefacto cultural, impacta a experi…
Resistance, Creativity, and Critique in Researching With Children Through Arts‐Based Narrative Inquiry
This article contributes to efforts to challenge adult‐centred educational research through an arts‐based narrative inquiry co‐composed with Octávio, Raposa, Cármen and Flávio—children aged 6 to 10 from minority communities in Brazil and Portugal. Their narratives emerged through shared storytelling, conversations, interviews, hugs, and playful moments in their schools. Although focused on their school trajectories within art experiences, their p…
Computer Science (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (3 works) · Educational research (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Natural language processing (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)