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The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development (CeiED) at Lusófona University is renewing its research team with the integration of three new integrated researchers,

On 26 March 2025, the José Araújo Auditorium at Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa (UL-CUL) hosted the first Conference on Educational Sciences - Social Education, a joint initiative of the Degree in Educational Sciences - Social Education (LCE-ES) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development (CeiED).

The event brought together students, teachers and representatives of co-operating institutions to discuss the challenges and opportunities experienced during the internship period. The session was opened by Professor António Teodoro, Director of the Institute of Education, who welcomed and congratulated the organisers of the event, the professors: Carla Galego, Director of LCE-ES, Teresa Ramilho and Dulce Franco, both LCE-ES Curricular Internship supervisors, as well as the students Liliana Ferro and Raquel Teixeira.

Among the participants, the testimonies of the heads of the two institutions that receive the student interns stood out. Sandra Nascimento - General Secretary of APSI - Associação para a Promoção e Segurança Infantil (Association for the Promotion and Safety of Children) - emphasised the importance of the internship in developing the skills of future professionals. ‘APSI is fertile ground, through its community projects, for identifying and developing the work of interns, future social educators in the community,’ she said.

At the closing ceremony, Tânia Leite and Verónica Almeida, from UL-CUL's EVA Internships and Active Life Service, emphasised the importance of curricular internships, the international mobility of students and the support they provide to students during their internships.

One of the moments of the event was the convivial Coffee Break, provided by volunteers from CIDAC, the Amílcar Cabral development intervention centre, through the Comercio Justo shop.

 The participants also emphasised the importance of continuing the Jornadas em Ciências da Educação -Educação Social as a space for critical reflection on pedagogical practices, promoting theoretical deepening and improving the articulation between theory and practice in the training of future education professionals, ‘THE SOCIAL EDUCATOR’.

In the context of CrithinkNet, the Institutional Critical Thinking Day took place at Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário de Lisboa on 21 March. Twenty-four students took part, from various courses such as Computing and Applied Maths; Data Science; Human Resources Management; Political Science and International Relations; Industrial Engineering and Management; Education Sciences; Computer Engineering; Management Informatics; Political Science, Citizenship and Governance and Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Networks. The students were accompanied by 6 teachers and specialists in the development of the proposed activities.

Critical Thinking Day is fundamental because it stimulates students' ability to analyze, evaluate and create innovative solutions to real challenges, promoting education that is more engaging, practical and connected to the needs of the contemporary world.

The 1st year students of the degree programme in Educational Sciences - Social Education took part in the event ‘From my language you can see the world’, an initiative that was part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the newspaper O Público. The meeting brought together students, teachers and experts to reflect on the role of the Portuguese language in society.

The event, which marked the 35th anniversary of the newspaper, the 500th anniversary of Luís de Camões and the 50th anniversary of the independence of the PALOP countries, brought up for debate the evolution of the Portuguese language and its cultural, educational and social impact.

During the event, participants attended debates and talks with special guests on the importance of language in culture, education, the media and the economy, as a tool for inclusion and social transformation.

The conference had a number of guests, such as the artist Francisco Vidal, who during the break had the opportunity to demonstrate some of his art and how he expresses it, and the musician Sam The Kid with his podcast ‘Assim ou “Assado”. Perhaps a name better known to the younger generation was the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The students, despite their more discreet participation, represented younger society, leaving their mark on the conference and showing that reading a newspaper is not something old-fashioned, but rather an intergenerational practice.

As students, the inclusion of professionals from different fields and the use of everyday language captured our attention and made it possible for everyone to understand the content covered. The presence of the students strengthened the link between higher education and the media, providing a space for learning and exchanging experiences.

The initiative emphasised the importance of education in building more inclusive and diverse discourses, in line with the values of the course and the challenges of contemporary society.

Special thanks to Portuguese language teacher Lucimar Dantas for letting us know about this event, and to Público for hosting us.

Note: news item written collectively by the 1st year students of the degree programme in Educational Sciences - Social Education as part of the textual genre practices of the Portuguese Language Curricular Unit.

The first external evaluation of the use of digital textbooks in the Azores has already been awarded to COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural da Universidade Lusófona, with Professor João Filipe Matos as the lead researcher.

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