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Direct linkSouza, Vanessa M.; Bonifácio, V.; Rodrigues, A. V. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023
School visits to science museums are recognized educational resources that provide students with unique learning experiences, if teachers intentionally plan these. Surprisingly one finds that investigations analyzing teachers adopted practices by systematic monitoring, without researcher intervention, are almost non-existent in the literature. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Trips, Science Teaching Centers, Museums
Joana B. V. Marques; Andrew P. Carlin; Ricardo Moutinho – Educational Studies, 2024
This paper examines the praxeology of informal educational practices (i.e. how participants produce setting-specific practices to make a tour happen) in the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra through close analysis of a video-recorded excerpt of a guided tour. Guided visits in informal science settings are…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Practices, Astronomy, Science Education
Roche, Joseph; Davis, Nicola; Stanley, Jessica; Hurley, Mairéad – Journal of Museum Education, 2018
The annual Ecsite conference is the largest conference in Europe for people working in science museums, science centers and other science engagement organizations. In 2017, the 28th Ecsite conference was held in Porto, Portugal, from the 15th-17th of June. This review includes a short history of Ecsite and its annual conference as well as critical…
Descriptors: Museums, Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Informal Education
Faria, Claudia; Pereira, Goncalo; Chagas, Isabel – Science & Education, 2012
The activities presented in this paper are part of a wider project that investigates the effects of infusing the history of science in science teaching, toward students' learning and attitude. Focused on the work of D. Carlos de Braganca, King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908, and a pioneer oceanographer, the activities are addressed at the secondary…
Descriptors: Science History, Scientists, Oceanography, Science Education
Download full textCarmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
