Samir Zedam (F41B-2287-65D1)

Curriculum Vitae

Samir Zedam

Samir Zedam is a dedicated researcher and educator, he is a PhD student in Education Science at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), and an invited assistant English Language teacher at the Higher School of Education at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB). He has a solid background in English language and literature, with a Master's degree in Literature and Civilization of Anglo-Saxons in English from the University of Dr. Tahar Moulay in Saida, Algeria (2018), and a Bachelor's degree in Sciences of Language in English from the University of El Hadj Lakhdar Batna, Algeria (2014). Both degrees are officially recognized with a level recognition in Portugal. Samir's experience in research, he successfully completed a traineeship at the High School of Education at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB) from September 2017 to April 2018, where he explored English language, children's literature, and juvenile literature. He has been actively involved as a volunteer researcher at the Research Centre of Basic Education (CIEB) – IPB- since 2019. In 2022, he received a year-long scholarship for postgraduate research at CIEB, where he focused on critical thinking in basic education and teacher training. His work included conducting systematic literature reviews, analyzing data, and presenting research and publishing articles at national and international conferences, all under the guidance of Prof. Manuel Luis Castanheira and Prof. Cristina Mesquita. After, he persued as a Research Fellow at CIEB, working on a project about "Critical Thinking in Initial Teachers" within the scope of the project “UIDB/05777/2020" funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology. Currently, he got a new research grant from CIEB under the project “Eydigifolio” with funding of “RIK059” for a period of 6 months. His main interest focuses on fostering critical thinking skills in future teachers by piloting a professional training for university teachers using the OECD’s 2023 framework, which based on developing critical thinking in higher education.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Samir Zedam

Nomes de citação

Zedam, Samir

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: F41B-2287-65D1
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0502-1586

Endereços de correio eletrónico

samirzedam@ipb.pt (Profissional)
samirzedam33ipb@gmail.com (Pessoal)

Telefones

Telemóvel

920491127 (Pessoal)

Moradas

Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal (Profissional)
Rua De Loreto, Nº 60, 3º EQFT, 5300-189, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal (Pessoal)

Domínios de atuação

Humanidades - Línguas e Literaturas - Estudos Gerais da Literatura
Humanidades - Línguas e Literaturas - Linguística
Humanidades - Línguas e Literaturas - Literaturas Específicas
Humanidades
Ciências Sociais - Ciências da Educação

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Árabe (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)
Português	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2022/09/01 - 2026/07/01 Em curso	Phd in Education Sciences (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2023/07/11 Concluído	Concurso para atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação (BI) (Pós-Graduação) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal	17/20
2015/09/06 - 2018/10/14 Concluído	Masters English Language _ Letters and Anglo-Saxon Civilization (Master) Université Dr Tahar Moulay de Saïda, Argélia	13,33
2011/09/06 - 2014/07/14 Concluído	Sciences of Language -English Language- (Bachelor) Université Hadj Lakhdar Batna, Argélia	11,33

Percurso profissional

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2024/10/04 - 2025/08/04	Assistente convidado (Docente Ensino Superior Politécnico)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2022/10/12 - Atual	PhD Student in Education Science	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) , Portugal
	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) , Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2024/12/15	Pesquisador	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2025/02/24 - 2025/08/24	Research Grant (BI) under the project “Eydigifolio" RIK059 Bolseiro de Investigação Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal	Em curso
2023/08/15 - 2024/12/15	Critical Thinking in Initial Teacher Education UIDB/05777/2020 - Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal	Em curso
2022/07/11 - 2023/07/11	Critical thinking in Initial Teachers UIDB/05777/2020. Investigador Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "Critical Thinking as an Education Ideal Goal: Theoretical review". Trabalho apresentado em INCTE'25 - Encontro Internacional de Formação na Docência, Bragança, 2025. No prelo Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Education during COVID-19 pandemic: from disruption to recovery". Trabalho apresentado em INCTE22, Bragança, 2022. Publicado Castanheira, Luis; Zedam, Samir; Mesquita, Cristina. "The importance of emotional intelligence to critical thinking: Important issue in the field of school psychology". Trabalho apresentado em 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies ( EDULEARN21), Palma, 2021. Publicado • 10.21125/edulearn.2021 Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Critical thinking and teachers profile: central competences in the educational process". Trabalho apresentado em INCTE20, Bragança, 2020. Publicado
Artigo em revista (magazine)	NELSON QUINA; Ramos, Ricardo; Teixeira, Patrícia Bértolo; Zedam, Samir; Rodrigues, Maria José; Mário Cardoso. "A arte como auxílio no enriquecimento para a literacia climática: uma revisão bibliográfica", EduSer, 2023, https://doi.org/10.34620/eduser.v15i1.226.
Poster em conferência	Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Critical Thinking in Initial Education Teachers". Trabalho apresentado em EliteSci 2023 – Student Conference, 2023.
Resumo em conferência	Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "Critically Examining the Gaps in Modern Teacher Training: Systematic literature review". Trabalho apresentado em Seminário LusoBrasileiro IPB & IFPR Contextos, Desafios e Perspectivas na Formação de Professores: Um Diálogo LusoBrasileiro, Paraná, 2025. Submetido Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning on Critical Thinking: A Literature Review". Trabalho apresentado em 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education, Porto, 2024. Publicado Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. Autor correspondente: Mesquita, Cristina. "The Importance of Children's Literature In Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills: Relevant Portuguese Picture Books as a Case Study". Trabalho apresentado em VII ENJIE Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Educação 2023, Porto, 2023. Publicado
Tese / Dissertação	"Realism and Naturalism throughout Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage". Mestrado, 2018. https://bulla.univ-saida.dz/admin/opac_css/doc_num.php?explnum_id=1100.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/03/25	Critically Examining the Gaps in Modern Teacher Training: Systematic literature review	Seminário LusoBrasileiro IPB & IFPR Contextos, Desafios e Perspectivas na Formação de Professores: Um Diálogo LusoBrasileiro Instituto Federal do Paraná (Paraná, Brasil)
2024/07/17	The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning on Critical Thinking: A Literature Review	4th edition of Porto International Conference on Research in Education (ICRE'24) ESE- IPP (Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/03/13	Mathematics Week is a joint organization of the Higher School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança through the Mathematics department, the Degree in Basic Education Course committee, the Bragança Regional Center of the Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Research Center in Basic Education.	A semana da Matemática Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/02/03	The Importance of Children's Literature in Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills: Relevant Portuguese Picture Books as a Case Study	Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (FPCEUP) (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11/22	An assessment of initial teachers' conceptions of critical thinking: thinking skills and critical thinking.	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. (Bragança, Portugal)
2022/05/06	Education during covid-19 pandemic: from disruption to recovery	VI Encontro Internacional de Formação na Docência "INCTE’22" Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2020/05/05	"Critical thinking and teacher’s profile: central competences in the educational process”	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2024/03/19 - Atual	Attended the lecture STEP Workshop! - Counteracting Dominance Techniques, as part of the activities of the STEP - STEM Research and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion project, which took place online on March 19, 2024. (2024/03/19 - 2024/03/19)	Södertörn University- STOCKHOLM, Suécia
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09	Dia do Pensamento Crítico 2025 (2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2024/02/06 - 2024/02/07	European Researchers' Night: The edition of the European Researchers' Night (NEI) for the 2024-2025 biennium, with the acronym EU-EMBRACES (Empowering Minds: Boosting Research in Citizen Engagement and Schools), offers a unique opportunity for the public to discover the work of scientists and the impact of their work on society. The project is based on EU-Missions, namely adaptation to climate change, health (cancer), the recovery of oceans and waters, soils and the creation of smart cities with a neutral impact on the climate. (2024/02/06 - 2024/02/07) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Científica)	Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2024/04/03 - Atual	International Transdisciplinary Seminar "Education and the Problems of the Contemporary World"	ACADEMIA EDUCA¿IE FARA FRONTIERE, Polónia
2024/03/07 - Atual	Online training: European statistical information research: Eurostat and OECD databases Encontro	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/03/04 - Atual	Online training: National statistical information research: INE and PORDATA databases Encontro	Online training: National statistical information research: INE and PORDATA databases Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/03/04 - Atual	Attended the online training: National statistical information research: INE and PORDATA databases, at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, on March 4, 2024, lasting 2 hours. Outro	Pesquisa de informação estatística nacional: bases de dados INE e PORDATA Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/27 - Atual	Online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley Encontro	Online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/27 - Atual	Attended the online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley, at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, on February 27, 2024, lasting 2 hours. Outro	Gestão de referências bibliográficas com o Mendeley Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/11/20 - Atual	B-on Search: Aggregator of scientific information databases, it provides digital access to thousands of scientific journals and electronic books from various publishers, through subscriptions negotiated at the national level. Outro	Online training: B-on Research Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/10/20 - Atual	Webinar Intervention programs with children and young people to promote healthy lifestyles. An experience with two voices., given by Professor Catarina Vasques and Doctor Ana Sofia Carvalho Encontro	Webinar Intervention programs with children and young people to promote healthy lifestyles. An experience with two voices Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/10/16 - Atual	Online training: Avoiding Plagiarism: referencing with APA 7th style Encontro	Online training: Avoiding Plagiarism: referencing with APA 7th style Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/10/10 - Atual	Online training: Academic information sources and search strategies Encontro	Online training: Academic information sources and search strategies Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB)- Institution of Polytechinc of Bragança -Portugal-, Portugal
2023/09/28 - Atual	Webinar: Gender diversity in European Universities, given by researcher André Brasil Encontro	Webinar: Gender diversity in European Universities, given by researcher André Brasil Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/06/30 - Atual	Participated in the webinar “Exploring the Relevance of the Illustration from the book-album "A toupeira que queria saber quem lhe fizera aquilo na cabeça" Encontro	Webinar “Exploring the Relevance of the Illustration from the book-album "A toupeira que queria saber quem lhe fizera aquilo na cabeça" Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/05/26 - Atual	Participated in the webinar “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as Emerging Technologies to Support Students with Dyslexia” Encontro	Webinar “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as Emerging Technologies to Support Students with Dyslexia” Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/05/15 - Atual	Participated in the webinar: Being a Scientist: the objective, the Path and the goal, a fascinating path. Encontro	Webinar: Being a Scientist: the objective, the Path and the goal, a fascinating path. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/04/21 - Atual	Participated in the webinar: Playing and Being Active in a School, in the Family and in the Community: problems and Possibilities Encontro	webinar: Playing and Being Active in a School, in the Family and in the Community: problems and Possibilities Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2023/01/20 - Atual	Seminar on "Introduction to Quantitative Research and SPSS" oriented by Prof. Rui Brites (Portugal) Seminário	Seminar on "Introduction to Quantitative Research and SPSS" oriented by Prof. Rui Brites (Portugal) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2022/09/24 - Atual	Attended the Short Term Action "Pa143 – O direito de participação das crianças no JI: Recursos e práticas": lasting 4 hours, which took place at the Escola Superior de Educação de Bragança, in Bragança, on September 24, 2022, with the trainer: Cecília do Rosário da Mota Aguiar, PhD in Psychology. This action was recognized by the Pedagogical Committee of the APEI Training Center as a short-term action, under the terms set out in Order No. 5741/2015, of May 29th. Encontro	Ação de Curta Duração Pa143 – O direito de participação das crianças no JI: Recursos e práticas Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2021/04/21 - Atual	Participating in the International conference online: Promote Inclusion in Higher Education Conferência	International conference online: Promote Inclusion in Higher Education Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2021/01/26 - Atual	attended a webinar on “What about Writing” by Professor Stephen Krashen, USA Organized by the English Language Center, University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibri-Oman Encontro	Webinar on “What about Writing” by Professor Stephen Krashen University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibri-Oman, Omã
2020/12/18 - Atual	Participated in the webinar “Education in a context of uncertainty”, given by Professor Ana Paula Laborinho Encontro	Webinar “Educação em contexto de incerteza” Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/12/10 - 2024/12/10	International Human Rights Day. Open Talk com Dr. Iyad Abubaker, University Al-Quds Open, Dr. Rania Abdelmonaem , Al-Aqsa University of Gaza-Palestine, & International Amnesty Group from Chaves. Salão Nobre -AEEG- Bragança- Portugal. Simpósio	International Human Rights Day
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/21	Participated as a Monitor in internship 2876. ClimACT (climate action) which took place from the 17th to the 21st of July 2023, at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, as part of the Summer Science program at IPB - Ciência Viva no Laboratório.	Verão Ciência no IPB- Ciência Viva no Laboratório Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/03/03 - 2023/03/03	Participation in the EliteSci 2023- Students conference at UTAD University on. Conferência	EliteSci 2023- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal
2023/01/28 - 2023/02/02	Attending the 2nd International Hybrid Conference on Education, Technology, and Law organized by The Higher School of Technology-EST, UMI, Meknes, Faculty of Economic and Social Legal Sciences- FSJES, USMBA, Fes and Faculty of Economic and Social Legal Sciences Agdal- FSJES, UM V, Rabat in collaboration with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global, The Hashemite University, Jordan, The Research Group on Educational Systems, Universidad Nacional de Educación, Ecuador, ATTARIK Foundation for Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences Conferência	2nd International Hybrid Conference on “Education, Technology and Law” Higher School of Technology-EST, UMI, Meknes, Marrocos
2023/01/20 - 2023/01/20	Participation in an online seminar under the title Data Analysis with SPSS in Investigation, which took place on the 20th of January 2023, at the Higher School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. Seminário	Seminar: Data Analysis with SPSS in Investigation Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/25	Preparation and presentation of a Poster Critical Thinking in Initial Teachers Encontro	Visit of the Advisory Board to CIEB Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2022/11/22 - 2022/11/24	Participou no I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores - STEAM e VII Encontro de Jovens Investigadores, que teve lugar no Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, nos dias 22, 23 e 24 de novembro de 2022, como moderador do Painel Temático Artes e Ciências Sociais - D. Encontro	I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores - STEAM e VII Encontro de Jovens Investigadores, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/17	Presentation of the developed work plan, to a group of students from the Federal Institute of Paraná, Brazil Encontro	Visit of students from the Federal Institute of Paraná Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30	Participation in the CIEBinar given by Professor Joaquim Machado, promoted by the Center for Research in Education, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Seminário	CIEBinar “Instituting power of the school and challenges of the new education” Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2022/09/24 - 2022/09/24	Integration of the Secretariat of the Seminar Pa143 O direito de participação das crianças no JI: Recursos e práticas Seminário	Pa143 – O direito de participação das crianças no JI: Recursos e práticas Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/12	Participation in the training dedicated to the exploration of tools to support research in Education given by Professor Rui Lopes, which took place on the 11th and 12th of July 2022, lasting 10 hours. The training aimed to learn bibliometric analysis techniques for literature review and explore the procedures for collecting and processing information or data in Biblioshiny and Zotero. Seminário	Cieb Summer School`22 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal
2022/05/06 - 2022/05/07	Review of 1 article submitted to the Book of Minutes of INCTE 2022 Outro	VI International Conference on Teaching Training (INCTE´22) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Consultoria / Parecer

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2023/05/06 - Atual	Review of 1 article submitted to the Proceedings Book of the VII International Teaching Training Meeting INCTE'23	Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB)- Institution of Polytechinc of Bragança -Portugal-, Portugal
2022/05/06 - 2022/05/07	Review of 1 article submitted to the INCTE'22 Proceedings. The International Conference of Teacher Education 2022.	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2023/10/25 - Atual	Presentation of a webinar under the title “Cooperative Learning and Critical Thinking” that took place in the Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB) of IPB -Bragança- on the 25th of October 2023.	(Outros)	Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB)- Institution of Polytechinc of Bragança -Portugal-, Portugal
2023/04/11 - 2023/04/12	ReadyToPub: Workshop of Scientific Writing	(Outros)	Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB)- Institution of Polytechinc of Bragança -Portugal-, Portugal
2023/01/05 - 2023/02/23	Studying Course "Ethics in the investigation", a course held at the University of Vila Real (UTAD) about Ethics in Science, the course has Nemours subjects such as/Academic Integrating in Education Science/, /Ethics in Science, and Responsible Conduct in Academic Research/, /One Health: Ethics and Ethical Challenges/, /Ethics of Animal Experimentation/, / Saving Data and Privacy in a Digital World/.	Certificate (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2019/12/05 - Atual	I was participating in the VI Meeting of Young Researchers, which took place in Bragança, Portugal, on December 5, 2019, as a member of the Organizing Committee. Outro	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal