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Teresa de Jesus Portelinha Almeida Patatas

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PhD and post-doctorate in Education from Lusófona University – Lisbon University Center. Degree in Social Work from the Catholic University of Lisbon. Bachelor in Theology. Her preferential field of research is the Angolan educational system, Angolan culture and librarianship.

Born in Angola. She studied in Portugal. Dual nationality: Angolan and Portuguese. She was a teacher at the Polytechnic School of Namibe (2012-2020). Today she is a teacher at University of Namibe, Angola. She is a trainer of various courses. She was Head of the Database (2012-2015). She was Head of the Library (2014-2020). Now she is the Director of the Central Library of the University of Namibe.

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

  • Education
  • Higher Education in Angola
  • Literacy
  • Special Education in Angola
  • students' expectations and perceptions
  • failure and dropout
  • post-conflict countries
  • Angolan linguistic and cultural heritage
  • library science

Publicações Selecionadas Selected Publications

  • Patatas, T. A. & Teodoro, A. (2022). Teaching national languages as an instrument of inclusion and unity in Angola. In N. T. Assié-Lumumba, M. Cross, K. Bedi, & S. Ekanayake (Eds.), Comparative Education for Global Citizenship, Peace and Shared Living through uBuntu (pp. 153-168). Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/62967
  • Patatas, T. A. , & Veremu, G. (2021). O contributo do ensino superior para o desenvolvimento na África subsariana: casos de Angola e Moçambique. Revista Desenvolvimento Social, 27(2), 130-147. https://doi.org/10.46551/issn2179-6807v27n2p130-147
  • Patatas, T. A., & Quintas, J. (2019). Em Angola o ensino bilíngue pode contribuir para a educação e manutenção da paz nacional [Reflexões sobre e de Angola: inscrevendo saberes e pensamentos]. Revista Transversos, 15, 14-30. https://doi.org/10.12957/transversos.2019.42031
  • Patatas, T. A. (2019). Perceção Estudantil sobre o Insucesso Académico em Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa: Caso de Angola e Moçambique. Revista FORGES - Fórum da Gestão do Ensino Superior nos Países e Regiões de Língua Portuguesa, 6(1), 31-49. https://edicoes.aforges.org/index.php/revista/issue/view/1/1
  • Patatas, T., & Sanches, I. (2017). Desafios da Educação Especial Infantil em Angola. Revista Lusófona de Educação, 38, 63-79. https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/6260