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OP.Edu joins the organization of the Colloquium On the 50 Years of the Veiga Simão Reform: education policy between changes and continuities | Submission of proposals until June 2, 2023

OP.Edu joins the organization of the Colloquium On the 50 Years of the Veiga Simão Reform: education policy between changes and continuities, which will be held at the José Araújo Auditorium of the Universidade Lusófona – University Centre of Lisbon, on 10 and 11 July 2023.

The Colloquium allows two types of submissions: individual papers and posters.

Proposals must be submitted online, on the EasyChair platform, until June 2, 2023.

Proposals must contain a title, an abstract and three keywords. Abstracts should contain up to 2500 characters (including spaces). Each researcher may be the author of a maximum of 3 papers. Proposals must focus on research work and fit into at least one of the following topics of the Colloquium:
  • The political, economic and social context of the reform: the marcelismo;
  • The educational legacy: from the Camoesas reform (1923) to the Veiga Simão reform (1973);
  • The principles and outlines of the documents presented by Veiga Simão;
  • Pre-school education and basic education in the Veiga Simão reform;
  • The reformulation of secondary education;
  • The creation of new universities and the general guidelines for the reform of higher education;
  • Teacher training in the Veiga Simão reform;
  • Adult education and forms of non-formal education;
  • The public discussion of the reform projects: contributions and limits;
  • The debates in the Corporative Chamber and in the National Assembly;
  • The implications and debates in the then Portuguese colonies;
  • The Congress of the Democratic Opposition and the criticism of Veiga Simão;
  • From the Veiga Simão reform (1973) to the Basic Law of the Education System (1986)

More information about the Colloquium can be found here

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