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Sara de Barros Araújo

Faculdade de Educação - Universidade Técnica do Porto
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Professora Associada na Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Técnica do Porto. É doutorada em Estudos da Criança (Metodologia e Supervisão da Educação de Infância), mestre em Psicologia da Educação e licenciada em Psicologia. Coordena o Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar desde 2011. Ao longo dos últimos 20 anos, tem estado envolvida na formação inicial e contínua de educadores de infância. Participou igualmente em diversos projetos de investigação nas áreas da pedagogia da infância, da qualidade dos contextos de educação e cuidados para crianças com menos de três anos, do desenvolvimento profissional e do bem-estar e participação das crianças. Foi perita portuguesa convidada no projeto transnacional “SEEPRO-R: Workforce Profiles in Systems of Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe”. Tem colaborado com a European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) como Coordenadora Nacional para Portugal e Coordenadora do Grupo de Interesse Especial (SIG) “Birth to Three”.

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education of the Technical University of Porto. Holds a Ph.D in Child Studies (Methodology and Supervision of Early Childhood Education), a MA in Educational Psychology and a graduate degree in Psychology. Director of the Master in Early Childhood Education since 2011. For the past 20 years, she has been involved in preservice and in-service education of early childhood teachers. She has also been involved in research projects in the domains of early childhood pedagogy, quality of centre-based education and care for children under-threes, professional development and child well-being and participation. She was the invited Portuguese expert in the transnational project "Seepro-r: Workforce profiles in systems of early childhood education and care in Europe". She has been collaborating with the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) as the Country Coordinator for Portugal and Convenor of the Special Interest Group (SIG) "Birth to Three". 

Publicações

Journal Article
Journal of Research in Childhood Education | 2026

Vera Coelho

Cecília Aguiar

N. Correia

E. Penderi

Book Chapter
Early childhood workforce profiles across Europe | 2024
Book Chapter
Early childhood workforce profiles across Europe | 2024

I. Schreyer

P. Oberhuemer

Proceedings
EARLI SIG: Learning and Development in Early Childhood (SIG 5) and Play, Learning and Development (SIG 28) “Fostering empathy, creativity and resilience for a sustainable future” | 2024
Journal Article
Early Education and Development | 2024

V. Coelho

O. Wyslowska

E. Penderi

H. Taelman

N. Correia

U. Markowska-Manista

K. Petrogiannis

A. Boderé

C. Guimarães

C. Aguiar

Book
2024

A. Marques

A. Azevedo

L. Marques

A. Folque

Projetos

The project aims to deepen research on the participation of children in vulnerable situations in children's entities where they take part. Following…
About the EDUPLAY ProjectThe EDUPLAY project – Promoting High-Quality ECEC through Education and Play in All Day Settings is an initiative funded by…
Family animation and support activities (AAAF) are intended to ensure the support of children in early childhood education before and/or after the…
COVID-19 pandemic and early education services for 0-3 children: Educational and social impactThis research addresses the educational and social…
The project aims to deepen research on the participation of children in vulnerable situations in children's entities where they take part. Following…
Overview: The project serves the basic need of all partners and their respective target groups to effectively address behavior problems from the…
Teacher well-being, a multidimensional concept, can be translated as the teacher's motivation and fulfilment in the face of the professional demands…
Professional Development Tools Supporting Participation Rights in Early Childhood Education (2019-1-PT01-KA202-060950) -  Since the…