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Initial Science Teacher Education in Portugal: The Thoughts of Teacher Educators about the Effects of the Bologna Process
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Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís; Morgado, Sofia – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
Between the 1980s and 2007, Portugal used to have one-stage (5-year period) initial teacher education (ITE) programs. In 2007 and consistent with the Bologna process guidelines, Portuguese teacher education moved toward a two-stage model, which includes a 3-year undergraduate program of subject matter that leads to a "licenciatura" (or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Teacher Educators
Students' Transition Experience in the 10th Year of Schooling: Perceptions That Contribute to Improving the Quality of Schools
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Torres, Ana Cristina; Mouraz, Ana – Improving Schools, 2015
The study followed students in their 10th year of schooling that entered a new secondary education school in order to examine their perceptions of their previous schools' work and of its relationship with the difficulties they experience when in the transition. The analysis of 155 completed questionnaires of previous students of nine basic…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Secondary Education, Questionnaires
Vocational Profiles and Internship Quality among Portuguese VET Students
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Gamboa, Vitor; Paixão, Maria Paula; de Jesus, Saúl Neves – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
The provision of workplace-based experiences (internships) is an important component of the training program for students attending vocational education courses. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between internship quality and students vocational development, considering students' vocational profiles, in a sample of 346…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Internship Programs, Profiles
Secondary Student Perceptions of Factors Effecting Failure in Science in Portugal
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Fonseca, Jesuína M. B.; Conboy, Joseph E. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2006
High rates of failure in secondary level science classes are a problem worldwide. Effective teaching and efficient management of schools requires information as to the causes of failure. One approach to acquiring this information is to improve our understanding of what the students themselves perceive as the causes and antecedents of school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement, Academic Failure