Susana Oliveira
Susana Oliveira holds a Master's degree in Visual Arts Teaching and is currently a PhD candidate in Education with the project financed by FCT (BolsaPhD_CeiED/COFAC/Op-Edu): “The challenges of public and democratic schools in Portugal. Epistemological Approach to the Profile of the Student and the Teacher in the XXI Century”. She is a member of the ReLeCo Public Policies and Governance in Education and Teacher Education, Professionalism & Teachers Identities.
Advisor: Elsa Estrela
Co-Advisor: Gert Biesta
Áreas de interesse académico e científico Areas of academic and scientific interest
- Education research
- Education Theory
- Epistemology of education
- Education Policy
- Teacher agency
- Art studies
Abstract
The research intends, from the educational approach of Biesta (AEB), to understand the perception of the epistemological principles of the teacher's profile in the process of educational change started in Portugal in 2017 with the publication of the Profile of Students Leaving Compulsory Education (PASEO). Together with other documents, the key competencies that prepare students for economic and sustainable development are explained and the impact that the guiding documents for Curricular Autonomy and Flexibility have on the teacher's decision-making space and on the construction of their professionalism. It is a socio-critical approach to understand the principles and values of the current public school teaching model, the meaning of the key competencies present in the curriculum documents, their relationship with awareness, critical thinking, and participation in the transformation of the world. The study will seek to contribute to the construction of an alternative educational agenda, promoting education in school for all, based on subjectification, socialization, and qualification.