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Opinion article by CeiED's Scientific Coordinator: "Political decision-making in Education and the contributions of Science"

2 outubro 2018

On October 1, 2018, CeiED's Scientific Coordinator, Professor António Teodoro, published an opinion article in Sol, in which he warns of the marginalization of knowledge produced in the field of Education Sciences.

"THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ILLUSION THAT SOCIETIES - AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS - HAVE NO HISTORY (AND MEMORY) AND THAT THEY MUST ALWAYS BE SUBJECT TO PROCESSES OF REWRITING THE PRESENT. THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (INCLUDING THE EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES), THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF THE PRESENT. BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, IT IS NECESSARY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SPECIFICITY IN UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS LEGACIES OF THE PAST AND THEIR ABILITY TO PRESENT VIABLE INNOVATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE JUST AND PEACEFUL SOCIETIES." 

The full article can be found here.