Curriculum Vitae
Germano José da Conceição Pinto Borges
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Germano José da Conceição Pinto Borges
Citation names
- Borges, Germano
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 6B1C-2710-7DFC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5033-7996
Email addresses
- d6461@ie.uminho.pt (Professional)
- germanopinto@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Rua da Boavista, n.º 85, 1.º Direito-Frente, 4590-548, Paços de Ferreira, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2015 - 2021/03/25
Concluded
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Educational Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Sociology of Education and Educational Policy
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"From excellence in secondary education to academic (ir)regularity in higher education: (dis)continuities of paths of distinguished
students in the portuguese public school" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimously awarded Very Good |
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2008
Concluded
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Sociology (Mestrado)
Major in Entrepreneurship and Social Work
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Participation in Social Networks
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
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2003/09/20 - 2007/09/19
Concluded
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Sociology (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Digital Democracy: Reality or Utopia? The Relationship Between Rulers and the Ruled" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09/01 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho, Portugal | ||
| 2021/03 - 2024/09 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/06/01 - 2019/06/01 | PhD candidate with an FCT scholarship (SFRH/BD/102429/2014) | Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho, Portugal | ||
| 2013/08/09 - 2015/05/31 | Scientific Research Fellow (PTDC/IVC-PEC/4942/2012) | Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/06 - 2019/06 | From Excellence in Secondary Education to Academic (Ir)regularity in Higher Education: (Dis)continuities in the Trajectories
of Distinguished Students in Portuguese Public Schools
SFRH/BD/102429/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/06/01 - 2015/08/31 | Between More and Better Schools: Academic excellence in state schools [Entre Mais e Melhor escola: A excelência académica
na escola pública]
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/07/01 - Current | "FROM HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD"
Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Instituto Jurídico Portucalense, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Newsletter article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/06/11 | From Excellence in Secondary Education to (Ir)regular Academic Performance in Higher Education: (Dis)continuities in the Trajectories of Distinguished Students in Portuguese Public Schools | 2ª edição das Jornadas Doutorais em Ciências da Educação.
Instituto de Educação, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2018/11/26 | Academic Excellence and (Un)certainties in Higher Education | VI Luso-Brazilian Colloquium on Sociology of Education, titled "Education and the Meanings of the Future in Contexts of Uncertainty
in Brazil and Portugal".
University of Minho, Institute of Education. (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2018/11/08 | Stepping Down from the Podium: Transition to Higher Education. The Ephemerality of Triumph? | Climbing the Podium: The Construction of Academic Excellence
DCSE da UMinho / CIEd, em parceria com a Sec. Regional de Educação / Insp. Reg. de Educação (Funchal, Portugal)
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| 2018/07/10 | From Epistemic Excellence to the Time of Strangeness: The Student Pathways in Higher Education of Distinguished Individuals from Portuguese Public Schools |
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2018/06/28 | Students distinguished by school merit in secondary education and their pathways in higher education: from epistemic excellence to the time of strangeness. |
Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
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| 2018/02/08 | Secondary School Excellence and the Time of Strangeness in Higher Education |
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/16 - 2024/10/16 | Participation as a guest speaker in the final hearing of the "Cycle of Hearings on School Administration and Management -
Assessing to Correct", organised by the National Federation of Education (FNE) and the Association for Training and Research
in Education and Work (AFIET), held at the Auditorium of the Northern Zone Teachers' Union.
Other
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Cycle of Hearings on School Administration and Management - Assessing to Correct
Federação Nacional da Educação, Portugal
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| 2024/04/18 - 2024/04/18 | Participation as a speaker in an event organised by the Association of Philosophy Teachers as part of the "Dare to Think!"
school conference series. Delivered a digital presentation on 18 April 2024 titled "From Distinction to Transition: Pathways
and Challenges of Outstanding Students in Higher Education", followed by participation in interactive activities with students.
This presentation was part of the "Dare to Think! 2024" conference series - Session 6, lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Conference
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Associação de Professores de Filosofia, Portugal
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| 2024/02/20 - 2024/02/20 | Moderator of the Round Table "The Margins of Society: Social Responses", as part of the event commemorating the World Day
of Social Justice, held on 20 February 2024 at Universidade Portucalense.
Conference
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Cycle of Talks “World Day of Social Justice”
Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
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| 2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21 | Professional Education: Social Stigma and "Institutional Juggling". Guest speaker at the webinar "Education and Training:
Processes and Alternatives", organised by the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of Douro (ISCE Douro).
Other
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Webinar "Educação e Formação: Processos e Alternativas"
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas do Douro, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/28 | The Repercussions of School Experience in the Past, Present, and Future: Sociological Portraits of Adults from Working-Class
Backgrounds
(Thesis) Arguer
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Bruna Duarte Silva (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal
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| 2024/07/29 | School Leader: Critical Success Factors
(Thesis) Arguer
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Catarina Citú Gonçalves Pereira (Master)
Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/05/25 - Current | Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences (SPCE) | Member of the Board |
| 2017 - 2022 | School Self-Assessment Observatory | Membro do Observatório de Autoavaliação de Escolas, integrado no Centro de Investigação em Educação, do Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho. |
| 2006 - 2006 | CESUBI (Council of Sociology Students at the University of Beira Interior) | Presidente |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2024 | Member of the Course Committee for the 1st Cycle of Studies in Social Education.
Member
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Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2018/11/26 - 2018/11/28 | Served on the Portuguese Organising Committee of the VI Luso-Brazilian Colloquium on Sociology of Education. | |
| 2017/09/06 - 2017/09/08 | Joined the Organizing Committee of the XIV International Galician-Portuguese Congress on Psychopedagogy | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Internship II | Educação Social (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2023 - Current | Institutional Evaluation and Quality in Education | Formação, Trabalho e Recursos Humanos (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2022/03 - Current | Sociology of Education | Educação Social (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal |
| 2022/03 - Current | Processes of Training and Skills Acquisition | Social Education (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal |
| 2022/02 - Current | Sociology of Education II | Educacion (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2022/02 - Current | Sociology of Childhood and Education | Educação Básica (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Socio-Educational Intervention with Children and Young People | (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Cultural Animation in Educational Contexts | Educação Social | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Social Pedagogy | Social Education (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Internship I | Social Education (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Models of Socio-Educational Intervention | Social Education (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
| 2022 - Current | Education, School, and Society | European Languages and Literatures (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2021/09 - Current | Educational Policies | Educacion (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/01/18 - 2024/01/25 | External expert in the external evaluation of schools under the scope of the Inspectorate-General of Education and Science
(IGEC). Participated in the evaluation of the Rio Tinto School Cluster, Gondomar, on the following dates: 18 and 19 January
2024 - observation of teaching and educational practices; 22, 23, 24, and 25 January 2024 - on-site intervention.
Evaluator
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| 2023/10/19 - 2023/10/26 | External expert in the external evaluation of schools under the scope of the Inspectorate-General of Education and Science
(IGEC). Participated in the evaluation of the Soares dos Reis School Cluster, Vila Nova de Gaia, on the following dates: 19
and 20 October 2023 - observation of teaching and educational practices; 23, 24, 25, and 26 October 2023 - on-site intervention.
Evaluator
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| 2023/02/09 - 2023/02/16 | Participation as an external evaluator for the Department of Psychology and Education at Universidade Portucalense, during
the third cycle of External School Evaluation. Served as a member of the evaluation team for João Gonçalves Zarco Secondary
School in Matosinhos, composed of two inspectors and two external evaluators to IGEC. The evaluation took place on 9 and 10
February 2023 (observation of teaching practices) and from 13 to 16 February 2023 (school visit).
Evaluator
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Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/07/09 | Participated in the report/research "Students with Top Marks: Study Doesn’t Explain Everything". | Expresso |
| 2019/05/04 | The Schools Where It’s Easiest to Achieve Top Marks | Expresso, edition 2427 |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/06/26 - 2023/06/27 | Examiner in four public defences of Stage II internship projects as part of the Bachelor's Degree in Social Education. | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Portugal |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2007 | Academic Prize awarded by the Scientific Council of the University of Beira Interior for completing a Bachelor's Degree in
Sociology with the highest final grade.
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2006 | Merit Scholarship awarded by the Scientific Council of the University of Beira Interior to the student with the highest average
grade in the Bachelor's Degree in Sociology during the 2005/2006 academic year
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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