Integrated member

Biographical Note

Mónica Pereira, PhD in Educational Sciences from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, is an Assistant Professor at ISPA, where she is responsible for curricular units in the Master’s Degree in Preschool Education and the Degree in Basic Education, with focus on professional practices, learning projects and research intervention in preschool education. She is currently Principal Investigator of a project funded by the National Agency on the quality of the educational environment in early childhood education. Mónica Pereira has also published articles in national and international scientific journals.

Research Interests

Early Childhood Education
Quality and participation in
Early Childhood Education
Educational Environment
Teacher Professional Development

Relevant Publications

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

Mata, L., Pacheco, P., Brito, A.T., Pereira, M., & Cabral, S. (2022). Envolvimento das famílias no processo educativo: Perspetiva de futuros profissionais. Revista Portuguesa de Educação, 35(2), 263-290. https://doi.org/10.21814/rpe.24634

Pereira, M., Brito, A. T., & Mata, L. (2022). O sentido do tempo das crianças nos contextos de educação de infância. Revista Medi@ções, 10(1), 132-142. https://mediacoes.ese.ips.pt/index.php/mediacoesonline/article/view/333/303

Pereira, M. (2018). Reflexividade em torno da própria prática. Uma perspetiva de qualidade com os formandos. In A. Domingos, E. X. Gomes, J. M. Matos & M.G. Alves (Eds.), Investigação, Educação e Desenvolvimento. Revisitar o Pensamento de Teresa Ambrósio (pp. 145-161). Edições Colibri.

Pereira, M., Santos, N. N., Brito, A. T., & Mata, L. (in press). Time and routines organization in Early Childhood Education and Care: Participation, opportunities and constraints. Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Current PhD students

External collaborations

Heidi Harju-Luukkainen (University of Jyväskylä; Nord University, Norway)
Isabel Lopes da Silva (Portugal)
Carlos Neto (Faculdade de Motricidade Humana da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)