About me
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Invited) at Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa (Lisbon School of Education), Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon).
Education:
Ph.D. in Science Education (Science Methods or Didactics of Science)
BSc and MSc in Physics
Research Interests:
History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) in science education, and its application in developing teaching and learning sequences.
Aspects of the Nature of Science and Inquiry-Based Science Learning (IBSL) related to integrating HPS in teaching and learning.
Integration of formal with informal and non-formal science education environments, emphasizing Citizen Science, STEM frameworks, and museum spaces.
Initial and continuous teacher education.
Professional Activities:
K-12 Physics Teacher
Assistant Editor, HPS&ST Newsletter
Member, International Astronomical Union Working Group C1 (Astronomy Education Research and Methods)
Academic Affiliations:
International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group (IHPST)
Current Projects
ECOSCOMICS - European Co-construction of a Science Webcomics Series - "Bombastics"
More info HERE
Project founded by ERASMUS+ Key action 2)
Ref: 2021-1-FR01-KA220-SCH-000030110
"GoSTEM – Abordagem STEM e sua influência nas aprendizagens de Física, interesse e motivação" (GoSTEM - STEM approaches and its influence in the learning of physics, interest and motivation)
More info at: http://www.ie.ulisboa.pt/projetos/gostem
Project founded by FCT: PTDC/CED-EDG/31480/2017
Former Projects (In Portuguese)
Title: Astronomy and Space in the initial teacher training of educators and teachers of the 1st and 2nd Basic Education ( A Astronomia e o Espaço na formação inicial de educadores e professores do 1º e 2º CEB)
More information and outputs at: AstroESE,
Internal founded: ESELX/IPL-CIED/2016/A25
(in development)