The Board of the Institute of Education and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies in Education and Development (CeiED) of Lusófona University fulfils the painful duty of informing the passing, in the early hours of 29 May 2026, of our colleague and friend, Professor José Bernardino Pereira Duarte.

Professor José Bernardino Duarte dedicated his entire life to education, teaching and teacher training, leaving a profound mark on several generations of students, researchers and lecturers.

Associate Professor at Lusófona University since the academic year 1998-1999, he developed a long and remarkable academic and pedagogical career, teaching, among others, the subjects Introduction to Educational Sciences, Educational Theories and Practices, Observation of Educational Contexts and Adult Education and Training, in the Degree in Educational Sciences. He also taught the modules Epistemology of Social Sciences and Educational Sciences in the Master’s in Educational Sciences, and Curriculum: Theories, Strategies and Evaluation in the Master’s in Educational Administration and Regulation, of which he was, together with Maria do Carmo Clímaco, creator of the innovative master’s project.

Before joining Lusófona University, he held teaching positions at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, at the Higher School of Education and at the Lisbon Teacher Training School, and was also a Portuguese Language teacher in secondary education (Emídio Navarro Secondary School, Almada). His professional trajectory thus crossed different educational levels and contexts, always marked by intellectual rigour, attention to students and a deep commitment to public education and the democratisation of education.

As a researcher at CeiED, he developed work in the fields of educational sciences, curriculum, teacher training, epistemology of social sciences and analysis of educational situations. He coordinated the project School Textbooks and Student Activities and authored numerous scientific articles published, among others, in Revista Lusófona de Educação and Entrelugares, from the Federal University of Ceará. Among his most recognised works is The Hidden Protest. Young People's Criticism of Today's School (Cortez, São Paulo, 2005), a landmark study on the silent suffering and existential failure of apparently successful students within the school system.

Throughout decades of university teaching, he supervised dozens of master’s dissertations and doctoral theses, accompanying, with rare intellectual and human generosity, multiple academic and professional paths. Many of today’s researchers, teachers and educational leaders retain the memory of a demanding, cultured, attentive supervisor who deeply respected the uniqueness of each student.

A man of vast culture, refined pedagogical sensitivity and great personal discretion, José Bernardino Duarte will remain in the memory of Lusófona University as an exceptional professor, a committed researcher and a colleague of extraordinary humanity.

To his family, friends, colleagues, disciples and all those who had the privilege of learning and sharing moments with him, the Board of the Institute of Education and CeiED extends its deepest condolences.