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André Freitas

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Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Education of Lusófona University/Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development under an individual FCT-CEEC grant. 

André earned his PhD in Education Sciences at the University of Porto, where he maintains research collaborative work at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, with a thesis focused on the production of subjectivity in education as governing school cultures. His research interests cover research methodologies, teacher education, art, and digital experience at school. He 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, school education, research methodologies, and arts/digital education. Additionally, he serves as a full member in the COST Action CA21102 – Creative Technologies, Culture-Education. He has 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 'Future-oriented Stories of Digital Schools’ Capital: imagining times, places, and sociabilities of education' (2023.08557.CEECIND), funded by an individual FCT grant, and a researcher in the project 'EDU-LAB' (WG4: Hearing Young People's Voices, Qualitative Case Studies) funded by Horizon Europe (HORIZON-RIA 101177428). Between 2023-2024, he was Principal Investigator of the project ‘Enhancing Teachers' Literacy and Professional Development within Art Experience,’ 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, he has served as an external consultant and teacher trainer for the Portuguese Ministry of Education and has been honored 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