She has a PhD in Child Studies from the University of Minho and is a lecturer in the Department of Integrated Studies in Literacy, Teaching and Supervision.
Her research focuses on History Education, especially students’ understanding of historical evidence and historical time, and Citizenship Education. She has published numerous articles, book chapters and papers related to teaching history to children.
She is a member of the team that carried out the study “Learning Out Comes” for History published online by the Ministry of Education (DGIC, 2010), the CiCe Association (Children’s Identity & Citizenship in Europe – CICE), the History Educational International Research Network (HEIRNET), The Historical Association, as well as the History Teachers’ Association (APH).
