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Maria Cristina Costa graduated in Mathematics from Universidade de Coimbra, Master Degree in Mathematics from FCT of Universidade de Lisboa, PhD course in Mathematics from ISEG of Universidade de Lisboa, and PhD in Education from FCT Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, specialization in curricular development. Post-doc in STEAM education from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Adjunct Professor of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT - Portugal), having been Director of the Mathematics Area from 2002 to 2010. Since 2013, the Head of the project “Academy of Science, Art and Heritage” (www.academiacap.ipt.pt), which promotes hands-on activities and teacher training in STEAM and heritage. Coordinates and participates in several national and international funded projects, including the Erasmus + KA2 ProSTEAM; and also STEAM projects, in collaboration with local municipalities (Funded by Centro 2020) and Teacher Training Centres (Funded by POCH). Researcher from Ci2 -Smart Cities of IPT, and CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, participating in projects funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology. Besides mathematics and STEAM, her research interests are related to educational technologies, namely augmented and virtual reality. She publishes papers in international journals and presents her research in national and international conferences, having integrated the scientific and organizing committee of national and international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Cristina Oliveira da Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, C
  • Costa, M. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0A1C-F5A4-78FD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3274-6056
Scopus Author Id
57199441995

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/05/01 - 2023/01/31
Concluded
 Promoting interdisciplinarity and mathematics education in a STEAM context (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Educação matemática e STEAM
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/10/15 - 2019/12/17
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Ciências da Educação (Doutoramento)
Major in Teoria do Desenvolvimento Curricular
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/10/22
Concluded
 Curso de Doutoramento em Matemática Aplicada (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Matemática Aplicada
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
 17
2000/07/11
Concluded
 Mestrado em Matemática (Mestrado)
Major in Matemática para o ensino
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Muito Bom
1994/07
Concluded
 Matemática (Licenciatura)
Major in Educacional
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
 Bom
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001/02 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/09/01 - Current Directora da Academia da Ciência Arte e Património, do Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (www.academiacap.ipt.pt) Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
2002/10/01 - 2010/10/01 Directora da Área Interdepartamental de Matemática Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
1995/10 - 2001/02 Assistente Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/04 - Current Collective Approach of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Highland
H2020 EU project
Researcher
Ongoing
2018/02 - Current Ciência nas escolas
PEDIME
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Inovação Curricular e Sucesso em Matemática
PTDC/CED-EDG/32422/2017
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/07 - 2020/12 Escola de Verão com Ciência
00000
Supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
 Direção Geral do Ensino Superior

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/01/02 - 2020 Curricular Innovation and Success in Mathematics
PTDC/CED-EDG/32422/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Unidade de Investigação Educação e Desenvolvimento
UID/CED/02861/2019
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01 - 2018/07 Matemática, Ciências e Tecnologia
PNPSE - Programa Nacional de Promoção do Sucesso Escolar
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/02 - 2025/02 PROmoting STEAM in primary school: Partnership for disseminating good practices
2021-1-PT01-KA220-SCH-000027742
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mateus, Dina M. R.; Costa, Maria C. O.; M.M.S. Gomes, Marcela; Pinho, Henrique J. O.. "Promoting Education for Sustainable Development: A Collaborative Project Between a Higher Education Institution and the Surrounding School Community". In Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level, 411-433. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-04764-0_23
  2. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António; Teodoro, Vítor. "Promoting Integrated STEM Tasks in the Framework of Teachers’ Professional Development in Portugal". In Integrated Approaches to STEM Education, 511-532. Sidney, Australia: Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-52229-2_27
Conference abstract
  1. Manso, António; Costa, Maria Cristina; Santos, Paulo; Patrício, João; Monteiro, Francisco; Alegria, Bernardo; Rocha, Gonçalo. "NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE ISSUES RELATED TO A MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY LOCATION-BASED GAME". Paper presented in 12th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma de Maiorca, 2020.
    Published • 10.21125/edulearn.2020.2076
Conference paper
  1. Pimenta, P.; Domingos, A.; Costa, M. C.. Corresponding author: Pimenta, P.. "Sustainability of professional development programmes to teach mathematics using technology". Paper presented in Thirteenth Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13), Budapeste, 2023.
    Published
  2. Pimenta, P.; Costa, M. C.; Domingos, A.. Corresponding author: Pimenta, P.. "Formação de professores em ensino de matemática com recurso à tecnologia – do currículo prescrito ao currículo em ação". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação em Educação Matemática (EIEM22), Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  3. Costa, M. C.. "Aprendizagem por interação experimental: Uma experiência pedagógica na área do som". Paper presented in Congresso Acústica 2020 / TecniAcústica 2020, Algarve, 2020.
    Published
  4. Costa, Maria Cristina; Santos, Paulo; Manso, António; Simões, Henrique; Marçal, Vasco. "MODELLING THE SOLAR SYSTEM: INNOVATIVE RESOURCES IN A DIGITAL ERA". Palma de Maiorca, 2020.
    Published • 10.21125/edulearn.2020.2068
  5. Costa, M. C.. "Technology as a resource to promote mathematics teaching". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching, Essen, 2019.
    In press
  6. Costa, Maria. "Promoting mathematics teaching in the framework of STEM integration". Paper presented in Eleven Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, 2019.
    Published
  7. Costa, M. C.. "O questionamento investigativo na aula de matemática e na integração das STEM". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação em Educação Matemática, Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  8. Costa, M. C.. "Promoting mathematics’ teaching through hands-on science experiments". Paper presented in 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Umeå, 2018.
    Published
  9. Costa, M. C.; Patricio, J. M.; Carranca, J. A.; Farropo, B.. "Augmented reality technologies to promote STEM learning". 2018.
    10.23919/cisti.2018.8399267
  10. Costa, M. C.. "Ensinar matemática recorrendo ao ensino experimental das ciências". Paper presented in XXIX Seminário de Investigação em Educação Matemática, 2018.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Costa, Maria Cristina Oliveira da; Borges Neves, Ranúzy; Monteiro, Maria Helena Morgado. "Uma experiência de Estudo de Aula em Matemática no Ensino Superior com estudantes de Engenharia". Revista Paranaense de Educação Matemática 12 29 (2023): 428-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.33871/22385800.2023.12.29.428-448.
    Published • 10.33871/22385800.2023.12.29.428-448
  2. Costa, Maria Cristina; Martins, Sandra Gaspar; Domingos, António. "AS STEM E O PENSAMENTO COMPUTACIONAL: RESOLVENDO DESAFIOS DA VIDA REAL NO ENSINO SUPERIOR". REAMEC - Rede Amazônica de Educação em Ciências e Matemática 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.26571/reamec.v11i1.16743.
    Published • 10.26571/reamec.v11i1.16743
  3. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António. "Teachers’ Professional Knowledge to Develop STEM Integrated Tasks". Pedagogika 149 1 (2023): 82-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2023.149.4.
    Published • 10.15823/p.2023.149.4
  4. Costa, Maria Cristina; Ferreira, Carlos A. F.; Pinho, Henrique J. O.. "Physics of Sound to Raise Awareness for Sustainable Development Goals in the Context of STEM Hands-On Activities". Sustainability 15 4 (2023): 3676. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15043676.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/su15043676
  5. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António. "Mathematics education: Promoting interdisciplinarity with science and technology". Research in Mathematics 9 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/27684830.2022.2134628.
    Published • 10.1080/27684830.2022.2134628
  6. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António Manuel Dias; Teodoro, Vítor Duarte; Vinhas, Élia Maria Rodrigues Guedes. "Teacher Professional Development in STEM Education: An Integrated Approach with Real-World Scenarios in Portugal". Mathematics 10 21 (2022): 3944. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math10213944.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/math10213944
  7. Costa, Maria Cristina; Santos, Paulo; Patrício, João Manuel; Manso, António. "An Interactive Information System That Supports an Augmented Reality Game in the Context of Game-Based Learning". Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 5 12 (2021): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mti5120082.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/mti5120082
  8. Costa, M. C.; Manso, A.; Santos, P.. "An Augmented Reality information system designed to promote STEM education". CEUR Workshop Proceeding 2733 0074-2733 (2020): 1-6. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2733/.
    Open access • Published
  9. Costa, M. C.; Manso, A. (AE17-1477-51C0). "Promover a aprendizagem das STEM através de uma aplicação de realidade aumentada". Educação e Matemática, Revista da Associação de Professores de Matemática 156 (2020): 37-40. https://wordpress.apm.pt/?page_id=247.
    Published
  10. Costa, Maria Cristina; Manso, António; Patrício, João. "Design of a Mobile Augmented Reality Platform with Game-Based Learning Purposes". Information 11 3 (2020): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info11030127.
    Published • 10.3390/info11030127
  11. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, Antonio. "Promoting interdisciplinarity in primary school in the framework of science education". Pedagogika 132 4 (2019): 130-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2018.132.8.
    10.15823/p.2018.132.8
  12. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, Anto´nio. "Promover o ensino da matemática num contexto de formação profissional com STEM". Educación Matemática 31 1 (2019): 235-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.24844/em3101.09.
    Published • 10.24844/em3101.09
  13. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António Manuel; Teodoro, Vítor Duarte. "PROMOVER O ENSINO EXPERIMENTAL DAS CIÊNCIAS RECORRENDO AO QUESTIONAMENTO INVESTIGATIVO". Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática 9 5 (2018): 220-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.26843/rencima.v9i5.1771.
    Published • 10.26843/rencima.v9i5.1771
  14. Costa, Maria Cristina; Domingos, António Manuel; Teodoro, Vítor Manuel. "Inovar e promover o ensino da Matemática com recurso à Astronomia". Zetetike 26 3 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/zet.v26i3.8651176.
    Published • 10.20396/zet.v26i3.8651176
  15. Costa, Maria Cristina Oliveira da Cristina Oliveira da. "Promoting STEAMH at primary school: a collaborative interdisciplinary project". New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4 8 (2018): 234. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.3054.
    Published • 10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.3054
  16. Costa, M. C.. "Qual o conhecimento para implementar o ensino experimental das ciências?". Revista de Educação, Ciências e Matemática 8 1 (2018): 51-72.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Maria. "Promover o desenvolvimento profissional de professores através da integração curricular das STEM". PhD, 2019. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/91581.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/18 The role of higher education in the surrounding and international community through STEAM collaborative projects 5th World Congress of Education
Sapporo, Japan (Sapporo, Japan)
2023/09/21 Stress assessment of students from a Portuguese Polytechnic Institute: Statistical comparison by gender 20th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2022)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2023/09/14 Students’ burnout at a Portuguese Polytechnic: Statistical Analysis by Gender 21th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2023)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2023/05/11 Raising Awareness for Sustainable Development Goals through Hands-on Experiments International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2023)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
2023/04/21 Students' Burnout at a Portuguese Polytechnic: PLSc-SEM approach XXX Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2023)
Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2023/01/16 Modelling using structural equations Seminar
School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11 O pensamento computacional na matemática: uma abordagem com base na resolução de problemas no ensino superior [Computational thinking in maths: a problem-solving approach in higher education]. Encontro de Investigação em Educação Matemática
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10/15 Optimism and stress as predictors of burnout in college students: PLSc-SEM approach. VIII Workshop on Computational Data Analysis and Numerical Methods (VIII WCDANM)
Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2022/10 ProSTEAM–Promover o Ensino das STEAM no âmbito de um projeto Erasmus+ [Promoting STEAM education in the context of na Erasmus+ project] Ciências da Sustentabilidade em Língua Portuguesa-XXIII Encontro de Estudos Ambientais dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2022/07/09 Inovação Curricular e Sucesso em Matemática. Comunicação no painel do Encontro em Investigação em Educação Matemática da SPIEM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Investigação em Educação Matemática) Encontro em Investigação em Educação Matemática da SPIEM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Investigação em Educação Matemática)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Setúbal)
2022/06/07 Promoting STEAM education for all through an Erasmus + KA2 project. In Blended Intensive Programme An Inclusive University in a Diverse World,
Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2022/03/18 An integrated approach of STEM education with real world scenarios. In ", no dia 18 de março de 2022, STREAM educational stream" (S-science, T-technology, R - creative reading/writing, E -engineering, A-art/design, M-mathematics)
University of Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2022/03/08 Does technology help minimize the feeling of loneliness of the elderly?. 16th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2022)
IATED (Valência, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - 2023/09/17 Coordination of the session Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis at 21th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2023), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 11 to 17 September 2023 (2023/09/11 - 2023/09/17)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/02 - 2023/11/03 Travelling through planetary systems with an augmented reality application (Poster)
Conference
 International Conference on Graphics and Interaction
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Centro de Investigação em Cidades Inteligentes, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/05 Physics of sound and SDGs: Raising awareness for the dangers of noise pollution. (Poster)
Conference
 Closed Cycles and the Circular Society 2023: The power of ecological engineering

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/01/13 - 2022/01/13 Dia Mundial da Lógica: Uma conversa com Cristina Costa, Luís Mota Figueira e Luiz Oosterbeek World Day of Logic