Joao Pedro Soares Fernandes Email & Phone Number

Lisbon Metropolitan Area

I am an external consultant for the UAARE Programme (Unidades de Apoio ao Alto Rendimento na Escola, Units of Support of High Performance in Schools), a Ministry of Education initiative to support dual career athletes in a network of 25 schools across the country.

Mangulade, Portugal

I am a consultant for the municipality of Mangualde in the project Academi@ STEM Mangualde (Mangualde STEM Academy), supporting the design and implementation of curriculum autonomy and flexibility in the subjects of Science, Technology and Mathematics in years 2 to 8, following the education reform with the involvement of the OECD and the new Decree-Law.

I acted as a consultant and teacher trainer for the initiatives (2014-2017): (a) Ensino a Distância (Distance Education), a K5-12 public online school for traveller children and other children that cannot attend brick and mortar schools; (b) Ensino Secundário Recorrente a Distância (Distance Adult Secondary Education), a public online secondary school for.

Portugal

Since 2007, I designed and taught several certified teacher training courses on distance education, educational technology, curriculum development in science education, active learning and science learning spaces, for both private and public schools and for the Portuguese Directorate-General for Education. I emphasise in my courses teachers’ autonomy.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I acted as consultant for the Portugal Football School, developing its distance training model.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I taught Documentary Research in the PhD in Education and Distance Education in the 3rd year of the Degree in Education Sciences.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I acted as short-term consultant for The World Bank, for the initiative “Republic of Belarus Education Modernization Project”, reviewing the procurement specifications to equip 120 schools' science and computer classrooms in the country (furniture, IT equipment, scientific equipment) and 3D modelling a proposal for a concept of science laboratories.

I participated in research projects funded by Portuguese and European agencies (e.g. Tempus Project in Moldova), more recently on the design of school science laboratories (2013-2015), funded by the Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT). I was involved in much of the activities carried out in this project such as design of the grant application, the.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I acted as Tutor in the Masters Course in Educational Sciences, in the Internet and Education subject. I taught circa 20 postgraduate students using a blended-learning approach.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I taught children aged 13 to 18, on the subjects of Natural Sciences in years 8 and 9 and Biology in year 11. This was a public school in a suburban area close to Lisbon, with many students from PALOP. I also assisted in the subjects of Project, Civic Education and Study Support, besides developing several extracurricular activities for my students and for.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Education

My PhD thesis (Viva on 17 October 2017) discusses the development of the concept of Science Learning Studio as a reconceptualization of.

Attendance Of The Mphil/Phd In Science Education, Education

Full and Part-time student in the MPhil/PhD Programme in Science Education. Attendance of the foundation Programme with the following.

Natural Sciences Teaching, Education

I concluded a 5 years course for becoming a Science Teacher (Biology and Geology), teaching in the last induction year in a school for.

Chemistry, Chemistry