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The fourth colloquium of the Cycle April 25 50 Years: Looking into the Past, Thinking about the Future, will be held on March 22 at 6:00 PM, with online streaming.

In this colloquium, researcher Almerindo Janela Afonso (University of Minho) and researcher Natália Alves (Institute of Education, University of Lisbon) will reflect and discuss the themes of emancipatory evaluation and vocational training, in a critical assessment of the contributions of the April Revolution.

The colloquium will also include the participation of researcher Teresa Teixeira Lopo (OP.Edu-CeiED) in the opening, and researcher Ana Maria Seixas (OP.Edu-CES), who will moderate the debate.

The event, organised by OP.Edu – Observatory for Education and Training Policies, will be held and broadcast online. Participation is free of charge. Access link here  Meeting ID: 935 8641 8871 Password: 303231

The Seminar Assessment and Didactics. State of Play and Perspectives, will be held on March 7, 2024 (Thursday) in hybrid mode. The event is organised by OP.Edu – the Observatory for Education and Training Policies in collaboration with the Autonomous Section for General Education and Training of NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, in partnership with the António Sérgio Training Centre.

Taking as its starting point the recent publication by Peter Lang of Évaluation et didactique : un dialogue critique by Daniel Bart, this seminar aims to open up a space for analysis and debate on issues related to the epistemological status of an assessment discipline, its more scientific, more practical or more political character, and its relationship with didactics.

Experiences – both in France and Portugal – of interdisciplinary intersection will be presented, and the didactic challenges of assessing competences will be analysed. On the other hand, considering that didactics  and assessment of students’ knowledge are not always considered in harmony, with direct implications for the relationship between the two, some of these relationships will be problematised, including socially shared perspectives, how teachers take ownership of the relationship, and the different visions that assessment can take in relation to didactics.

PROGRAMME

PANEL 1 – 3.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m (Lisbon time)

Assessment and Didactics: A Critical Dialogue

• Luís Manuel A. V. Bernardo | NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Autonomous Section for General Education and Training
• Daniel Bart | University of Lille, CIREL – Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en éducation de Lille
• Teresa Teixeira Lopo | Lusófona University, OP.Edu – Observatory for Education and Training Policies

• Christina Dechamps | NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Languages, Cultures and Modern Literatures
• Catherine Mendonça Dias | University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Department of Didactics of French as a Foreign Language
• Luca Agostino | French Ministry of National Education and Youth, Pedagogical Inspector for Mathematics
• Pascal Sanchez | French Embassy in Portugal, Attaché for Linguistic and Educational Cooperation

PANEL 2 – 5.30 p.m to 7.00 p.m. (Lisbon time)

Didactic Challenges in Assessing Knowledge and Skills

• António Domingos | Department of Applied Social Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology
• Helena Rocha | Department of Mathematics, NOVA School of Science and Technology
• Alexandra Rodrigues | Department of Mathematics, NOVA School of Science and Technology

Moderator: Maria Neves Gonçalves | ESEL-IPLUSO, CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development, Revista Lusófona de Educação

In partnership with the António Sérgio Training Centre (CFEAS ), this event is certified  for participants from Portugal as an ACD in accordance with Order 5741/2015 of 29 May, for the purposes of career development in teaching – early childhood educators, primary and secondary school teachers and special education teachers. The event is free for teachers, but registration is compulsory via this link:  https://www.cfantoniosergio.edu.pt/centro/index.php/ If you have never attended a CFEAS training before, start by registering.

Link to access the Seminar here  Meeting ID: 954 3647 9698   Password: 640040

For queries about the seminar and access to the Zoom platform contact: geral@opedu.pt

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As part of its research activities, the first of the discussion groups planned for the RePeME project – And after the Pandemic? Recovery, Continuities and Changes in Basic Education (ISCED 1) in Portugal took place on 10th January 2024 at the University Centre of Porto of Lusófona University.

The discussion group focused on the recovery of learning, follow-up and assessment of students, and aimed to analyse the preliminary results of the surveys being carried out nationwide on post-pandemic changes in basic education.

Fourteen teachers and school leaders from Porto and Lisbon took part in the discussion. The project team had the collaboration of Clara Craveiro, researcher at CeiED and coordinating professor at the Paula Frassinetti School of Education, in identifying the participants from schools in the Porto Metropolitan Area, and the support from the project’s consultant Daniel Bart, full professor at the University of Lille and researcher at CIREL – Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en éducation de Lille, in drafting the script and organising the work. The team also welcomed Geanine Escobar, a researcher in training/PhD student in Museology at Lusófona University – University Center of Lisbon, who was present as a non-participating observer.

The research brief, with the preliminary results of the surveys and interventions of the participants of this discussion group will be available soon.