Integrated member

Sílvia de Almeida

Assistant Professor

Biographical Note

Sílvia de Almeida holds a PhD in Sociology of Education awarded by NOVA FCSH. She is Assistant Professor at NOVA FCSH, where she teaches on every degree in the field of Education – MA in Teaching, MA in Education Studies, and PhD in Education. She also teaches education courses and qualitative methodologies in the BA in Sociology. She has been involved in several research programs funded by national and European funding agencies. She has worked with the Portuguese National Council of Education in the development of a series of studies about the teacher training curriculum. Her research path has favoured the fields of Sociology of Education, Sociology of the curriculum, curriculum policies, curriculum development, school segregation, inclusion of immigrant students, mixed methods, and qualitative methodologies. She is vice-coordinator of the PhD in Education in collaboration with NOVA and ISPA, and a member of the Executive Board of EDUNOVA.ISPA. She has authored book chapters and papers in national and international journals.

Research Interests

  • Sociology of Education
  • Sociology of the curriculum
  • Curriculum policies
  • Curriculum development
  • School segregation
  • Inclusion of immigrant students
  • Mixed methods
  • Qualitative methodologies

Relevant Publications

Almeida, S. de, Viana, J., Barcelos, N., Roldão, M. C., & Peralta, H. (2023). Network curriculum design? Relational dynamics of teachers’ associations in the design of Essential Learnings in Portugal. Revista Portuguesa de Educação. 36(1). https://revistas.rcaap.pt/rpe/article/view/24086

Almeida, S. de, Firmino, J., Gabriel, J. M., Hortas, M. J., & Nunes, L. C. (2023). Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area Evidence at the municipal, school, and class levels. Revista Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios, 46, 59-77. https://doi.org/10.15847/cct.25864

Almeida, S. de, & Joana, V. (2022). Teachers as curriculum designers: What knowledge is needed? The Curriculum Journal. 34(3), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.199

Almeida, S. de (2022). Knowledge and curriculum. Curriculum integration in Portugal – a socio-historical approach. In S. de Almeida, F. Sousa & M. Figueiredo (Eds.), Curriculum autonomy policies: international trends, tensions and transformations (pp. 22-44). – Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University Lisbon. https://doi.org/10.34619/qqjq-cqt0

Meehan, A., Almeida, S. de, Bäckström, B., Borg-Axisa, G., Friant, N., Johannessen, Ø. L., & Roman, M. (2021). Context rules! Top-level education policies for newly arrived migrant students across six European countries. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100046

Current PhD students

Jessica Henriques
Thematic approach to the development of the History curriculum

Cahilo Catoto Piety
The relationship between skill development in secondary and technical vocational education and work – challenges and opportunities in Angola

Simone Silva Grohs
The Philosophy curriculum: an analysis from April 25th until the Essential Learning

Erika Neder of the Saints
(Social Sciences Graduate Program from the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – PPGCSO/UFJF)

The Implementation of educational public policy: the Lusitana experience in the paths of inclusion for students with disabilities

External collaborations

  • Bárbara Bäckström (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
  • Catarina Oliveira (Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Francisco Sousa (Universidade dos Açores, Portugal)
  • Luís Catela Nunes (Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal)
  • Maria João Hortas (Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Escola Superior de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Raquel Santana (Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal)
  • Antonina Tereshchenko (Brunel University London, UK)
  • Michael Young (University College London, Institute of Education, United Kingdom)
  • Seline Keating (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Alumni

  • Marcelo Cardoso da Costa (PhD finished in 2023)
  • Maria Raquel Rodrigues Santana (PhD finished in 2019)