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Ana Teresa Brito

Associate Professor

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Biographical Note

Assistant Professor at Ispa-University Institute, she leads the School of Education, co-directs the Master’s Degree in Pre-school Education, teaching in the fields of Early Childhood Education, Inclusion and Early Intervention. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazelton/Gomes-Pedro Foundation for Baby and Family Sciences since 2010. She is a researcher at CIE Ispa and also a member of the Education and Development Team of the ProChild CoLab, coordinating two research projects. She holds a PhD in Child Studies from the University of Minho (2009), a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences (2003), a Licence in Special Education (1999) and a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education (1986). She completed a study on training in Early Intervention in the UK and Portugal, with a Postdoctoral Fellowship from FCT (2015). Her professional and academic path always complemented each other, conducting to research trails based on lived experiences, and to questions that emerged from them.

Research Interests

  • Early Childhood Education
  • School Inclusion
  • Early Childhood Intervention
  • Child and Family Sciences
  • Teacher Professional Development
  • Reflective Practice

Relevant Publications

Brito, A.T., Xavier, M.R., Azevedo, N., Fareleira, F., Espirito Santo, J., Teixeira, L., Tinoco, J., & Singer, J. (2023). Dialogues with parents: a parental support and empowerment program based on the Touchpoints Model. Frontiers in Education. 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1251130

Gomes, E. X., & Brito, A. T. (2022). A alunização da infância: o indelével contributo da formação inicial de educadoras/es em Portugal. Debates em Educação, 14. https://doi.org/10.28998/2175-6600.2022v14nEspp190-216

Carvalho, L., Almeida, I., Felgueiras, I., Leitão, S., Boavida, J., Santos, P., Serrano, A., Brito, A.T., Lança, C., Pimentel, J.S., Pinto, A., Grande, C., Brandão, T., & Franco, V. (2019). Recommended Practices in Early Childhood Intervention – a guidebook for professionals. Eurlyaid. https://www.eurlyaid.eu/eciguidebook/

Pereira, M., Azevedo, N., & Brito, A.T. (2018). Qualidade na creche: um estudo de caso múltiplo em Portugal. Cadernos de Pesquisa, São Paulo, 48(167), 330-355. https://doi.org/10.1590/198053144660

Brito, A.T., & Lindsay, G. (2016). Understanding the Initial Impact of Early Support and Key Working Training Through the Voices of Trainers, Training Participants, and Families. Infants and Young Children, 29(1),71-88. https://journals.lww.com/iycjournal/Abstract/2016/01000/Understanding_the_Initial_Impact_of_Early_Support.6.aspx

Current PhD students

  • Mónica Condinho
  • Micaela Silva
  • Tânia Andrade
  • Catarina Almeida

External collaborations

  • Geoff Lindsay (Warwick University, UK)
  • Ana Serrano (Universidade of Minho, Portugal)
  • Elisabete Xavier Gomes (Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal)
  • Cecília Aguiar (ISCTE, Universidade de Lisboa)
  • Gabriela Portugal (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
  • Luísa Barros (Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa)
  • Joana Cadima (Universidade do Porto)

Alumni

Mónica Pereira (2013)

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