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Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation

Centro de Estudos em Educação e Inovação

Reference
UIDB/05507/2020
Project Start Date
2020-01-01
Project End Date
2024-12-31
Principal Investigator
Funding Program
Concurso de avaliação no âmbito do Programa Plurianual de Financiamento de Unidades de I&D (2017/2018) - Financiamento Base

Abstract

10.2 Summary in English for general dissemination purposes The Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation (CI&DEI) is a R&D Unit, which has as its Main Management Institution the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) and two partner Management Institutions, the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (IPG) and the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL), which cooperate to develop research projects in education and socio-educational intervention within the regional contexts in which they operate. The main research lines of CI&DEI are: i) Didactics and Teacher Training; ii) Education in Non-formal Contexts; iii) Education for Entrepreneurship; iv) Inclusive Education. These lines provide for relevant contributions at the level of pedagogical innovation, education for equity and inclusion, academic success and the promotion of citizenship in a lifelong learning context. The CI&DEI strategic guidelines for 2018-2022 are developed around three fundamental axes: i) Approach to the local community; ii) Increase of indexed scientific production; iii) Improvement of the quality of teaching and of the training/research articulation, each one of the aforementioned axes having defined objectives. In this four-year period, CI&DEI will be focused on fulfilling the following objectives: i) Approach to the community - Divulge CI&DEI within the local and regional community, namely through an Internet site (Portuguese, Spanish and English) and different social networks; - Increase the connection to surrounding organizations for R&D in a perspective of applied research; - Develop projects in partnership with other local organizations (School Groupings, IPSS, ONGs, among others); - Contribute to the development of the regional context through diffusion of knowledge, innovation and technological transfer; - Divulge research results to the community and educational agents. ii) Increase of indexed scientific production - Develop and/or continue projects, aiming at subsequent publication of scientific articles in specializedjournals; - Encourage scientific activity through participation in international networks and projects; - Seek national and international funding opportunities to increase the number of projects (e.g., FEDER, POCI, ERASMUS+); - Promote the organization of national and international scientific events; - Facilitate the dissemination and internationalization of members' research through participation in congresses and publication of books and articles in specialized journals. iii) Improvement of the quality of teaching and of the training/research articulation - Promote students' initiation and integration in scientific research, seeking high quality professional training; - Contribute to the supervision and evaluation of training programs in formal and non-formal education; - Increase the number of partnerships with regional entities; - Foster articulation between teaching and research systems, aiming at renewing the teaching-learning process. 10.3 Summary in English for evaluation The Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation (CI&DEI) is a R&D Unit, which has as its Main Management Institution the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) and two partner Management Institutions, the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (IPG) and the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL), which cooperate to develop research projects in education and socio-educational intervention within the regional contexts in which they operate. In pursuit of its mission, CI&DEI intends to encourage interdisciplinary network research activities through the use of various information and communication technologies in order to develop the integrated cooperation of its researchers, establish an interface of knowledge and technology transference, promote science and culture, as well as the provision of services to the community. The dynamics of involvement and cooperation between the various institutions is ascertained by the Scientific Coordinator of the Unit and the Researchers accountable for each one of the partner Management Institutions, who ensure that mechanisms be implemented, with a view to guaranteeing the quality of the research developed and its application. The pathway already traveled and the analysis of the variety of contributions of the integrated members of this Unit allow for the definition of the main research lines of CI&DEI: i) Didactics and Teacher Training; ii) Education in Non-formal Contexts; iii) Education for Entrepreneurship; iv) Inclusive Education. These lines show the coherence of the Unit's scientific productivity and provide relevant contributions to pedagogical innovation, education for equity and inclusion, academic success and the promotion of citizenship in a lifelong learning context. The CI&DEI strategic guidelines for 2018-2022 are developed around three fundamental axes: i) Approach to thelocal community; ii) Increase of indexed scientific production; iii) Improvement of the quality of teaching and of the training/research articulation, each one of the aforementioned axes having defined objectives. In this four-year period, CI&DEI will be focused on fulfilling the following objectives: i) Approach to the community - Divulge CI&DEI within the local and regional community, namely through an Internet site (Portuguese, Spanish and English) and different social networks; - Increase the connection to surrounding organizations for R&D in a perspective of applied research; - Develop projects in partnership with other local organizations (School Groupings, IPSS, ONGs, among others); - Contribute to the development of the regional context through diffusion of knowledge, innovation and technological transfer; - Divulge research results to the community and educational agents. ii) Increase of indexed scientific production - Develop and/or continue projects, aiming at subsequent publication of scientific articles in specialized journals; - Encourage scientific activity through participation in international networks and projects; - Seek national and international funding opportunities to increase the number of projects (e.g., FEDER, POCI, ERASMUS+); - Promote the organization of national and international scientific events; - Facilitate the dissemination and internationalization of members' research through participation in congresses and publication of books and articles in specialized journals. iii) Improvement of the quality of teaching and of the training/research articulation - Promote students' initiation and integration in scientific research, seeking high quality professional training; - Contribute to the supervision and evaluation of training programs in formal and non-formal education; - Increase the number of partnerships with regional entities; - Foster articulation between teaching and research systems, aiming at renewing the teaching-learning process. In order to achieve these objectives, specific actions are planned for the next four year period at various levels: i) internationalization of research, training and dissemination of knowledge, translated into the increase of research projects in partnership with European countries and countries from other continents, participation in international networks and associations, mobility programs and the increase of cooperation protocols; ii) advanced training, with more than a dozen ongoing doctoral theses being co-supervised by integrated members of CI&DEI, as well as at the level of scientific initiation and student involvement in research activities, from the first years of undergraduate to master degree courses; iii) organization of conferences, colloquia and seminars, be it at national or international level, essential for the dissemination of research results and constant knowledge updating; iv) knowledge and technology transfer, especially for the book industry and society (teachers, students and their families) with the evaluation ofdidactic resources for basic education, which include the Evaluation and Certification of School Textbooks; v) preservation, dissemination of data and research results, namely through the use of ZENODO software; vi) promotion of scientific and technological culture, relevant domain of the activity of extension to the community of researchers, with the coordination and implementation of training sessions for teachers and other elements of the region, in collaboration with Teacher Training Centres and School Groupings of the respective districts, IPSS, ONGs, etc.; vii) activities of particular relevance to society, of a scientific, cultural, artistic, social and economic nature, a field of activity that is very representative in terms of the variety and quantity of initiatives that researchers develop for the benefit of society.

Institutions

Main Institutions

  • Centro de Estudos em Educação e Inovação (CI&DEI)
  • Universidade Politécnica de Viseu (IPV)

Other Institutions

  • Universidade Politécnica da Guarda (IPG)
  • Universidade de Leiria e Oeste (ULO)

Funding 886.600,00 €

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal

886.600,00 €