Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Valentina Piacentini
Citation names
- Piacentini, Valentina
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E71D-D0BC-68E7
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8075-8169
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 961550531 (Professional)
- (+39) 3349279308 (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018/03/16 - 2023/07/14
Concluded
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Moving CLIL forward towards sustainable educational practices I e II (2023) & Working CLIL (2021: Integration, Innovation
and Inclusion in CLIL; 2018: research and practices; teaching strategies and resource development) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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2014/10 - 2020/05
Concluded
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Educação/Education (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
"Science education and the integration of English for learning: Study of one CLIL approach in a Portuguese lower secondary
school/Educação em Ciências e integração do Inglês para a aprendizagem: Estudo de uma abordagem CLIL numa escola do 3CEB em
Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovada com distinção e louvor |
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/11
Concluded
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SCoRE: Science Communication for Researchers in Education (SCoRE|17, doctoral school) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de
unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
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19/20 |
2016/04 - 2016/05
Concluded
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One-month PhD intership with experts in CLIL research and practice (Ana Llinares and Natalia Evnitskaya) (Outros)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Spain
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2016/03 - 2016/04
Concluded
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One-month PhD intership with experts in CLIL research and practice (Cristina Escobar Urmeneta and Natalia Evnitskaya) (Outros)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Facultat de Ciències de l'Educació, Spain
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2011/10 - 2012/06
Concluded
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Master di I livello (1-year post-degree course on theory and practice of differentiated education) (Magister (2nd cycle))
Università Europea di Roma, Italy
"Comprendere la persona dislessica per costruire una didattica efficace [Understanding a dyslexic person in order to develop
an effective education]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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68/70 |
2007/09 - 2009/05
Concluded
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Scuola di Specializzazione per l'Insegnamento Secondario - A059 (2-year teacher qualification/education; 3rd cycle of Higher
Education) (Pós-Graduação)
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
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80/80 |
2007/09 - 2009/05
Concluded
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Scuola di Specializzazione per l'Insegnamento Secondario - A060 (2-year teacher qualification/education; 3rd cycle of Higher
Education) (Pós-Graduação)
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
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77/80 |
2006/03 - 2006/06
Concluded
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Tirocinio formativo - stage Acqua (intership in environmental protection and research) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Italy
"Organizzazione di dati ambientali eterogenei e la protezione degli ecosistemi marino – costieri [Organisation of heterogeneous
environmental data and marine-coastal ecosystem protection]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1997/10 - 2003/12
Concluded
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Laurea quinquennale in Scienze Biologiche (5-year Master's degree before the Bologna process/Licenciatura pré-Bolonha) (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" , Italy
"Effetti dell'espressione della proteina Nef di HIV-1 sull'incorporazione dei recettori virali e sull'infettività [Expression
of the HIV-1 Nef protein and effects on viral receptors and virus infectivity]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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110/110 cum laude |
Affiliation
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2005/03 - 2012/11 | Activities of social/environmental education (camp leader, visits, thematic workshops, leaflets, summer campaign, cataloguing) for non-profit Italian organisations | SCI - Servizio Civile Internazionale, Italy |
2009/10 - 2010/07 | Vocational school teacher | Escola Profissional de Aveiro, Portugal |
2008/04 - 2009/10 | Specialist in Vegetation: monitoring, mapping and describing vegetation for an educational garden within the Regional Park of Lucretili Mountains | Comune di Scandriglia (municipality), Italy |
2007/03 - 2009/07 | Activities of social/environmental education (camp leader, visits, thematic workshops, leaflets, summer campaign, cataloguing) for non-profit Italian organisations | Cooperativa Darwin + Panda Avventure (WWF), Italy |
2003/03 - 2004/02 | Activities of social/environmental education (camp leader, visits, thematic workshops, leaflets, summer campaign, cataloguing) for non-profit Italian organisations | Legambiente Nazionale, Italy |
1999/03/15 - 2003/12/31 | Part-time job - Compared Anatomy Museum (visit organiser), Anthropology Library (assistant librarian) and Zoology Laboratories (student tutor) of the former "Department of Animal and Human Biology" | Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Newspaper article |
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Online resource |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Translation |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2025/07 | Languages in the non-formal education context of the Smart Knowledge Garden | 11th International Conference of the association EDiLiC - Plurilingual Literacies in Education: Pluralistic Approaches Inside
and Beyond the Classroom
(Hamburg, Germany)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016 - Current | Summer Academy x children aged 11-15 at UA - Organisation of activities for: 2016, "As mil Formas do meu Nome", theme "à descoberta
do eu, da família e do mundo"; 2019, "narração através do kamishibai", theme "Expedição à Lua! 3, 2, 1... descolar!" (blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=24282);
2023, "O enredo de Ramiro: em busca da lua-cheia", theme "Eu e o outro construímos um mundo melhor" (blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=58241);
2024, "Encontros com a cidade: em busca de pistas sobre a liberdade em Aveiro", theme "Expedição pela Liberdade" (blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=67507) (2016/07/10 - 2024/07/16)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Euroepan Researchers' Night - Organisation of materials and activities associated with aspects studied by researchers of LALE
(Laboratory Open for Language Education) belonging to CIDTFF (https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=25177) (2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Fábrica – Centro Ciência Viva, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Qualifica, the Fair of Education, Training, Youth and Employment (POCH programme) and organisation of materials in order to
disseminate the CIDTFF research lines and individual (PhD) research projects (2019/02/14 - 2019/02/28)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Market place under the topic "De que maneira o Inglês pode melhorar a aprendizagem das Ciências [How can English improve Science
learning]?" through paper and online materials, experience exchange and dissemination of the PhD research within the SciComPT
2019 & "Rede de Comunicação de Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal [Science and Technology Network of Portugal]" (2019/05/02 - 2019/05/31)
Other (Other)
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Fábrica – Centro Ciência Viva, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018/11/23 - 2018/11/24 | IV Jornadas [Days] LALE 15 anos [years] de "Propostas" e "Reflexões" [of proposals and reflections] - Cadernos [Notebooks]
do LALE: communication with participants and invited (external and internal) contacts; aspects of logistics; event image and
dissemination, etc. (2018/06 - 2018/11)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal |
2016/07/11 - 2016/07/11 | I Caminhos [Paths] de Investigação [of Research] em Educação [in Education] – CIE: communication with participants and invited
(external and internal) contacts; aspects of logistics; event image and dissemination, etc. (2016/03 - 2016/07)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal |
2015/11/06 - 2015/11/20 | Workshop "Un'esperienza di Intercomprensione con l'Italiano [An experience of Intercomprehension with Italian]" (with in-service
teachers and in collaboration with Ângela Espinha and Susana Pinto) (2015 - 2015)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal |
2010/06 - 2015/02 | Workshop design and implementation with a focus on Italian culture and language, first within the "Escola Profissional [Vocational
School] de Aveiro" accounting day (end of 1st semester in 2010), then as a "LALE's ateliê" for the lab of the extension activities
with teachers and schools (since March 2015) (2010)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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2010/07/15 - 2010/08/15 | Support in the nature conservation daily activities and Development of educational materials and events (Sociedade Portuguesa
do Estudo da Aves) (2010/07/15 - 2010/08/15)
Other (Co-organisor)
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2004/02/17 - 2009/07/02 | Activities of social/environmental education (camp leader, visits, thematic workshops, leaflets, summer campaign, cataloguing)
for non-profit Italian organisations (Servizio Civile Internazionale; Insieme per l'Aniene, Panda Avventure/Cooperativa Darwin-WWF;
Legambiente Nazionale) (2004/02/17 - 2009/07/02)
Other (Co-organisor)
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2003/10/01 - 2004/06/30 | Teaching Italian to adult migrants & tutoring students with linguistic difficulties at school (Casa dei Diritti Sociali)
(2003/10/01 - 2004/06/30)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/07/10 - 2019/07/10 | Contexts/Strategies of how to speak in public - a workshop held by Norberto Amaral
Workshop
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How to speak in public
UAcoopera, Portugal
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2019/06/14 - 2019/06/14 | Contexts/Strategies of how to communicate Science - a workshop held by David Marçal
Workshop
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How to communicate Science
UAcoopera, Portugal
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2019/05/29 - 2019/05/29 | Workshop on how to use simple audiovisual resources held by Sofia Barata
Workshop
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SciComPT 2019
Fábrica – Centro Ciência Viva, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/12/07 - 2018/12/07 | Series of activities for participants (CIDTFF internal and external members) build up partnerships, collaboration and projects
Meeting
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Encontros com o CIDTFF
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
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2018/06/11 - 2018/06/15 | Week of the Creative Scientific Writing workshops organised by/for the Association of Students in Educational Research (NIB,
CIDTFF)
Workshop
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A escrever é que a gente se entende
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/07/15 | Natural Sciences and Biology teaching and low cost microscopes in Cape Verde / Capacitação de professores de Ciências Naturais
e Biologia da Cidade da Praia em atividades práticas de microscopia com material reciclado ou de low cost: avaliação dos contributos
de uma ação de formação contínua (supervisors: Betina Lopes; Carla Morais)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Fredson Jorge dos Santos Delgado (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2022/12/14 | Linguistic-Cultural diversity and Education for sustainable development in primary school / Diversidade Linguístico e Cultural
& Educação para a Desenvolvimento Sustentável no 1.º CEB (supervisor: Filomena Martins)
(Thesis) Arguer
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Daniela Duarte Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2024/04 - 2024/06 | Indagatio Didactica 16(2) - special issue for the "IX Seminário Ibero-Americano CTS", as member of the scientific committee (1647-3582) | https://cts.eventqualia.net/pt/2024/inicio/organizacao/comissoes/ |
2021/09/27 - 2023/04/26 | APEduC Revista / APEduC Journal - acknowledged critical friend in the section of book reviews (Becoming Scientific: Developing Science across the Life-Course) (2184-7436) | Associação Portuguesa de Educação em Ciências |
2022/02 - 2022/03 | Educação em línguas e cidadania global - Mapeando caminhos e possibilidades de ação [Language education and Global citizenship: mapping paths and possibilities for action] (eds: Luciana Mesquita, Cristina Manuela Sá) - scientific committee (978-972-789-796-4) | UA Editora - "Educação e Formação - Cadernos Didáticos" do CIDTFF |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021 - Current | LabELing's (Laboratório de Educação às Línguas) mission is to create opportunities for the (re)construction and dissemination of knowledge in language education, based on collaborative dynamics with partners and diverse educational spaces, promoting linguistic-communicative development as an essential component of human development. In this sense, it contributes, together with the other CIDTFF laboratories, to an integrated environment of education, training, research and interaction with a diversity of contexts. | Membro e Investigadora |
2016 - Current | AIA-CTS: Associação Ibero-Americana Ciência-Tecnologia-Sociedade na Educação em Ciência | Membro |
2014 - 2020 | LALE (Laboratório Aberto para a Aprendizagem de Línguas Estrangeiras), estrutura de investigação, formação e intervenção do CIDTFF no Departamento de Educação (e Psicologia) da Universidade de Aveiro | Membro, Dinamizador, Investigadora |
2004 - 2009 | FIE - federazione italiana escursionismo | Corsista, escursionista e organizzatrice/guida |
2003 - 2007 | SCI - servizio civile internazionale | Camp worker and leader |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2024 - Current | 4th Working CLIL colloquium (https://cetaps.wixsite.com/workingclil2025/organization) | Escola Superior de Educação of the Polytechnic University of Castelo Branco |
2023/10 - 2024/07 | IX Seminário Ibero-Americano CTS - XIII Seminário CTS (https://cts.eventqualia.net/pt/2024/inicio/organizacao/comissoes/) | Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade de Aveiro |
2024/03 - 2024/05 | Seminário Internacional "Cooperar no âmbito da Educação em Ciência(s) e Formação de Professores" (https://formarprofciencias.web.ua.pt/index.php/comissoes/) | Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade de Aveiro |
2023/03 - 2023/07 | 3rd Working CLIL colloquium (https://cetaps.wixsite.com/workingclil2023/organization) | Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto |
2022/11 - 2023/06 | 10th EDiLiC (https://engerom.ku.dk/english/calendar/10th-international-conference-of-the-association-edilic/Review_committee_Comit_e_d__valuation_.pdf) | Copenhagen University |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2014 - 2019 | Specialist facilitator in the "European Day of Languages", implementing linguistic-cultural workshops for learners (pre-schoolers, 1-4 grades, 7-9 grades and high-schoolers) in Aveiro (2019 and 2018), Vila Nova da Barquinha (2017), Ílhavo (2016), Coimbra (2015) and Soure (2014) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal | |
2018/05/10 - 2018/05/17 | CLIL: theory and practices, course for pre-service teachers (invited lecture on the PhD study object for Master's degree students) | Didática e Desenvolvimento Curricular de Línguas Estrangeiras (Mestrado) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal |
2016/11/02 - 2016/11/09 | CLIL: theory and practices, course for in-service teachers (3-hour training session within the AVCOA training centre, Oliveira de Azeméis) | Formação em serviço para Professores (Outros) | Agrupamento de Escolas "Soares Basto", Portugal |
2016/04 - 2016/04 | Invited lecture on the development of an individual work of systematic literature review | Didática e Desenvolvimento curricular II - Programa Doutoral em Educação (1.º ano) (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal |
2014 - 2016 | Specialist facilitator of LALE through linguistic-cultural workshops for learners from the 1-4 grades until 7-9 visiting the University of Aveiro or within their school institutions | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal | |
2015/10 - 2015/10 | Invited lecture on the development of a group research group | Didática e Desenvolvimento curricular I - Programa Doutoral em Educação (1.º ano) (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal |
2015/03 - 2015/03 | Invited lecture on the Italian language and culture (with pre-service teachers) | Educação Plurilingue e Intercultural (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal |
2007/10/11 - 2014/09/14 | Teacher of Maths and Science in Italian public schools with students aged 11-14 | ||
2009/10/15 - 2010/07/09 | Comenius Assistant at the Vocational School in Aveiro (EPA, Escola Profissional de Aveiro) | (Ensino secundário) |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2019/06 - 2024/05 | Member of the jury in the competition for plurilingual Kamishibais (https://www.ua.pt/pt/labeling/kamishibai-plurilingue):
Da minha janela para o mundo (2019); Eu lembro-me (2020); O mundo estava a mudar mais rapidamente que o tinha imaginado (2021);
Quem são os nossos vizinhos (2022); Este lugar que tanto amo (2023); Sozinhos vamos mais depressa, juntos vamos mais longe!
(2024)
Evaluator
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal | |
2019/06 - 2019/06 | Assessment of the language competences (https://www.miriadi.net/pt/node/414) in Italian within the "MIRIADI [Mutualisation
et Innovation pour un Réseau de l'Intércomprehension à Distance Programme Transversal - Langues & Réseaux]" project
Evaluator
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal |
Scientific expedition
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/04 - 2024 | Visits in centres/museums devoted to (interdisciplinary) education and non-formal learning, and talk/contact with corresponding coordinator or similar for possible networking: Aquarium Finisterrae - Francisco Franco del Amo; Domus - Patricia Barciela; Casa de las Ciencias - Marco Pérez Maldonado (Coruña-Spain, https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=65419) & Leeds Discovery Centre - Emily Nelson; Discovery Museum, Newcastle - Thomas Elwick; Edimburgh Science - Charlie Pike (UK, https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=59134) |
Distinctions
Award
2018 | Best "pitch" (II session) - UA Research Summit 2018
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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