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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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Samir Zedam

Citation names

Zedam, Samir

Author identifiers

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

Email addresses

samirzedam@ipb.pt (Professional)
samirzedam33ipb@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

920491127 (Personal)

Addresses

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

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and Literatures - General Literature Studies
Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Linguistics
Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
Humanities
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Arab (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Portuguese	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/09/01 - 2026/07/01 Ongoing	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 Concluded	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 Concluded	Masters English Language _ Letters and Anglo-Saxon Civilization (Master) Université Dr Tahar Moulay de Saïda, Algeria	13,33
2011/09/06 - 2014/07/14 Concluded	Sciences of Language -English Language- (Bachelor) Université Hadj Lakhdar Batna, Algeria	11,33

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10/04 - 2025/08/04	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10/12 - Current	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

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2025/02/24 - 2025/08/24	Research Grant (BI) under the project “Eydigifolio" RIK059 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/08/15 - 2024/12/15	Critical Thinking in Initial Teacher Education UIDB/05777/2020 - Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica Integration into Research Grant Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/07/11 - 2023/07/11	Critical thinking in Initial Teachers UIDB/05777/2020. Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "Critically Examining the Gaps in Modern Teacher Training: Systematic literature review". Paper presented in Seminário LusoBrasileiro IPB & IFPR Contextos, Desafios e Perspectivas na Formação de Professores: Um Diálogo LusoBrasileiro, Paraná, 2025. Submitted Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning on Critical Thinking: A Literature Review". Paper presented in 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education, Porto, 2024. Published Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. Corresponding author: Mesquita, Cristina. "The Importance of Children's Literature In Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills: Relevant Portuguese Picture Books as a Case Study". Paper presented in VII ENJIE Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Educação 2023, Porto, 2023. Published
Conference paper	Zedam, Samir; Silva, Maria Helena Ribeiro dos Santos; Caroline Dominguez ; Castanheira, Luis. "Critical Thinking as an Education Ideal Goal: Theoretical review". Paper presented in INCTE'25 - Encontro Internacional de Formação na Docência, Bragança, 2025. In press Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Education during COVID-19 pandemic: from disruption to recovery". Paper presented in INCTE22, Bragança, 2022. Published Castanheira, Luis; Zedam, Samir; Mesquita, Cristina. "The importance of emotional intelligence to critical thinking: Important issue in the field of school psychology". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies ( EDULEARN21), Palma, 2021. Published • 10.21125/edulearn.2021 Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Critical thinking and teachers profile: central competences in the educational process". Paper presented in INCTE20, Bragança, 2020. Published
Conference poster	Zedam, Samir; Castanheira, Luis; Mesquita, Cristina. "Critical Thinking in Initial Education Teachers". Paper presented in EliteSci 2023 – Student Conference, 2023.
Magazine article	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.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Realism and Naturalism throughout Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage". Master, 2018. https://bulla.univ-saida.dz/admin/opac_css/doc_num.php?explnum_id=1100.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
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, Brazil)
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)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/03/19 - Current	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, Sweden
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09	Dia do Pensamento Crítico 2025 (2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	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) Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/04/03 - Current	International Transdisciplinary Seminar "Education and the Problems of the Contemporary World"	ACADEMIA EDUCA¿IE FARA FRONTIERE, Poland
2024/03/07 - Current	Online training: European statistical information research: Eurostat and OECD databases Meeting	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/03/04 - Current	Online training: National statistical information research: INE and PORDATA databases Meeting	Online training: National statistical information research: INE and PORDATA databases Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/03/04 - Current	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. Other	Pesquisa de informação estatística nacional: bases de dados INE e PORDATA Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/27 - Current	Online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley Meeting	Online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/27 - Current	Attended the online training: Management of bibliographic references with Mendeley, at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, on February 27, 2024, lasting 2 hours. Other	Gestão de referências bibliográficas com o Mendeley Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/11/20 - Current	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. Other	Online training: B-on Research Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/10/20 - Current	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 Meeting	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 - Current	Online training: Avoiding Plagiarism: referencing with APA 7th style Meeting	Online training: Avoiding Plagiarism: referencing with APA 7th style Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/10/10 - Current	Online training: Academic information sources and search strategies Meeting	Online training: Academic information sources and search strategies Research Center of Education Basics (CIEB)- Institution of Polytechinc of Bragança -Portugal-, Portugal
2023/09/28 - Current	Webinar: Gender diversity in European Universities, given by researcher André Brasil Meeting	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 - Current	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" Meeting	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 - Current	Participated in the webinar “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as Emerging Technologies to Support Students with Dyslexia” Meeting	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 - Current	Participated in the webinar: Being a Scientist: the objective, the Path and the goal, a fascinating path. Meeting	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 - Current	Participated in the webinar: Playing and Being Active in a School, in the Family and in the Community: problems and Possibilities Meeting	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 - Current	Seminar on "Introduction to Quantitative Research and SPSS" oriented by Prof. Rui Brites (Portugal) Seminar	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 - Current	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. Meeting	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 - Current	Participating in the International conference online: Promote Inclusion in Higher Education Conference	International conference online: Promote Inclusion in Higher Education Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2021/01/26 - Current	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 Meeting	Webinar on “What about Writing” by Professor Stephen Krashen University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibri-Oman, Oman
2020/12/18 - Current	Participated in the webinar “Education in a context of uncertainty”, given by Professor Ana Paula Laborinho Meeting	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. Symposium	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. Conference	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 Conference	2nd International Hybrid Conference on “Education, Technology and Law” Higher School of Technology-EST, UMI, Meknes, Morocco
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. Seminar	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 Meeting	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. Meeting	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 Meeting	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 Seminar	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 Seminar	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. Seminar	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 Other	VI International Conference on Teaching Training (INCTE´22) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019/12/05 - Current	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. Other	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/05/06 - Current	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

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/10/25 - Current	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