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André Freitas

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André currently works at CIIE - University of Porto and maintains collaborative research at CeiED - Lusófona University, while also serving as an Invited Assistant Professor. André has a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Porto in 2022, with FCT-funding, focusing on the narratives of teachers and students within art experience in school. The main contribution of his research to the scientific debate is on the production of subjectivity in education, navigating between regulatory frameworks and emancipatory practices within school cultures.

André has more than 30 scientific publications and over 50 participations in scientific events. He is a member of the Portuguese Society of Education Sciences and actively participates in research networks focused on teacher professionalism, and school education, in methodologies, and in arts/digital education. Additionally, he serves as a full member in the COST Action CA21102 – Creative Technologies, Culture-Education.

André contributed significantly as an ad hoc reviewer and editorial board member for scientific journals and has been involved in scientific and organizing committees of scientific events. His research initiatives have consistently sought to imagine innovative approaches to education and school experiences.

Notably, he is the Principal Investigator of the ongoing project titled ‘Enhancing Teachers' Literacy and Professional Development within Artistic Experiences,’ funded by CIIE-FCT (UIDP/00167/2020), and a researcher in the project ‘Fifty Years of Teaching: Factors of Change and Intergenerational Dialogues,’ funded by FCT (PTDC/CED-EDG/1039/2021). In recent years, he participated as a researcher in the project ‘Research Methods in Advanced Studies in Education,’ funded by FCT (EXPL/CED-EDG/1130/2021), and in the project ‘Building Educational Bridges in the City,’ funded by the European Commission (2018-1-PT01-KA201-047392). Given his expertise, André has served as an external consultant and teacher trainer for the Portuguese Ministry of Education and has been honoured with a ‘Promising Practices UNESCO’ Distinction.

Áreas de interesse académico e científico Areas of academic and scientific interest

  • Teaching research methodologies
  • Teachers professional development
  • Children's educational experiences
  • Art and digital experience at school

Publicações Selecionadas Selected Publications

  • Freitas, A., Matos, J. F., Piedade, J., Teodoro, V. D., & Duarte, R. S. (2024). Teaching research methodologies in education: teachers' pedagogical practices in Portugal. Open Education Studies, 6(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1515/edu-2024-0002
  • Freitas, A. (2023). Arquiteturas de prática [Institutional frameworks for educational practices]. In A. Lopes & L. T. Dotta (Coords.), A. Freitas & R. T. Sousa (Eds.). A profissão docente em tempos de democracia: fatores de mudança (pp. 109-145). Centro de Investigação e intervenção Educativas da Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto ISBN: 978-989-8471-54-3. https://ciie.fpce.up.pt/en/ebooks/a-profissao-docente-em-tempos-de-democracia
  • Matos, J. F., Freitas, A., Estrela, E., Galego, C., & Piedade, J. (2023). Teaching research methods courses in education: towards a research-based culture. Social Sciences, 12(6), 338. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12060338
  • Freitas, A. (2022). Narrativas de expressividade artística do corpo como experiência de significação da escola. Tese de Doutoramento. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/142632
  • Freitas, A., Pereira, F., & Nogueira, P. (2020). Reconceptualizing expressive arts education in Portugal through a biographical narrative approach. Education Sciences, 10(12), p.388. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120388