School of Science | Initiation to Scientific Research and Digital Experiences

OP.Edu took part in the School of Science: Initiation to Scientific Research and Digital Experiences, carried out by CeiED in collaboration with CICANT, Copelabs, and Hei-Lab, which took place throughout the month of September 2022. This initiative was part of the special support Verão com Ciência of FCT – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, aimed at scientific and technological research activities in R&D units to enhance scientific capacity and its relationship with higher education and society.

OP.Edu’s activities were facilitated by researchers Cristina Sin, Inês Vieira, Orlanda Tavares, Sónia Cardoso, and Teresa Teixeira Lopo.

Program

September 12

Morning – Teresa Teixeira Lopo

• Presentation of OP.Edu
• General presentation of the Utopias de Abril project and the Popular Education Experiences task
• The collection of information: concepts of archive and document, types of sources, and criteria for evaluating the documents to be collected
• Practical application exercises
• Research in the electronic resources of the Victor de Sá Library (session with the Library Director, José Carlos de Carvalho)

Afternoon – Inês Vieira

• Exploration of online historical archives
• Research on contents related to Popular Education Experiences
• Synthesis and preliminary categorisation of the collected material

September 13

Morning – Cristina Sin, Orlanda Tavares, and Sónia Cardoso

• Research in bibliographic databases (Scopus, B-On, etc.) within the scope of Popular Education Experiences
• Organisation of the collected information using reference management tools (e.g. Zotero)

Afternoon – Cristina Sin, Orlanda Tavares, and Sónia Cardoso

• Research in quantitative/statistical databases in the field of education (Census, DGEEC, etc.)
• Organisation of the collected data