CIEd collaborating researcher Maribel Pinto took part in the Scratch Conference 2024, which took place on July 24.
The Ibero-American Online Community of Practice for Early Childhood Educators – the ArcaComum association – of which Maribel Pinto is President, had a project funded by the MIT Media Lab (USA) and DevTech Research Group (Boston College) 2022-2024, which was highlighted during this conference in the presentation by researcher Francisca Carocca, who works with Professor Marina Umaschi Bers, with whom the Community of Practice group and the ArcaComum Association worked for 2 years on the translation of the “Coding As Another Language” curriculum (https://sites. bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/scratchjr-curricula-portuguese/). At this conference, which was attended by over 600 participants, three examples of internationally translated curricula were highlighted, one of which involved the ArcaComum team.
This conference, held as part of the Greenlight Project, was given by Rita Sousa, Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, Management, and Political Science at the University of Minho, where she is also Vice President for Sustainability and Pedagogical Issues.
Read MoreIn October, the collaborating researcher presented a paper entitled “Valorization of Teaching in Articles, Theses, and Dissertations in Angola, Portugal, and Brazil: Research Notes.”
Read MoreOn October 8, a meeting of Thematic Strand 1 was held at the Institute of Education, addressing the following topics: Ongoing Research Projects; LT1 Thematic Seminar – proposal and program; and information on the opening of applications for funding.
Read MoreThis Bulletin is entirely dedicated to thirteen recent PhD graduates who completed their third cycle studies in 2024 at CIEd-IE/UMinho. Click here to see more.
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