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Maria Manuela Pires Sanches Fernandes Ferreira

Escola Superior de Educação do Porto
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Maria Manuela Sanches Ferreira é Professora Coordenadora da Unidade Técnico-Científica de Educação Especial da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESEP). É licenciada em Psicologia pela Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto, com mestrado e doutoramento na mesma instituição.

As suas áreas científicas de interesse e investigação são a formação de professores para a inclusão, a avaliação e habilitação em contextos educativos e a deficiência intelectual. É coordenadora do Mestrado em Educação Especial: Problemas de Cognição e Multideficiência e da Unidade de Apoio à Escola Inclusiva; e é Diretora do Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação - inED.

Tem estado envolvida, como coordenadora, em projectos relacionados com políticas de educação especial e inclusão, tendo liderado a avaliação externa da implementação da legislação portuguesa sobre educação especial (2009-2010); e prestado consultoria à UNICEF-Arménia para a revisão da avaliação das necessidades educativas especiais.

Participou também como perita portuguesa em projectos da Agência Europeia para as Necessidades Especiais e a Educação Inclusiva, como o Teacher Education for Inclusion: Profile of Inclusive Teachers (2009-2011) e Raising Achievement for All Learners (2012, 2013; 2014-2016), e como coordenadora da equipa portuguesa em projectos como: 'BASE - BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT' (2017-2020), e 'BEHAViour management models across Europe' (2017-2020), projectos Erasmus+.

Ao longo dos anos tem desenvolvido, participado e coordenado vários projectos no domínio da intervenção comunitária e da educação, subsidiados por fundos nacionais - e.g. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação Aga Khan, Ministério da Saúde - e europeus - e.g. Programas Leonardo da Vinci, Sócrates, Grundtvig e Comenius.

As suas publicações recentes centram-se na formação de professores para a inclusão, na utilização da ICF-CJ na avaliação e elegibilidade das necessidades de apoio adicionais.

 

Maria Manuela Sanches Ferreira is a Coordinating Professor of the Technical-Scientific Unit of Special Education at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESEP). She has a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto and a Master's and PhD from the same institution.

Her scientific areas of interest and research are teacher training for inclusion, assessment and habilitation in educational contexts and intellectual disability. She is the coordinator of the Master's Degree in Special Education: Cognition Problems and Multidisability and of the Inclusive School Support Unit; and she is the Director of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Education - inED.

She has been involved, as coordinator, in projects related to special education and inclusion policies, having led the external evaluation of the implementation of Portuguese legislation on special education (2009-2010); and provided consultancy to UNICEF-Armenia for the revision of the assessment of special educational needs.

She has also participated as a Portuguese expert in European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education projects, such as Teacher Education for Inclusion: Profile of Inclusive Teachers (2009-2011) and Raising Achievement for All Learners (2012, 2013; 2014-2016), and as coordinator of the Portuguese team in projects such as: ‘BASE - BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT’ (2017-2020), and ‘BEHAViour management models across Europe’ (2017-2020), Erasmus+ projects.

Over the years she has developed, participated in and coordinated various projects in the field of community intervention and education, subsidised by national - e.g. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Aga Khan Foundation, Ministry of Health - and European - e.g. Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Grundtvig and Comenius programmes.

Her recent publications focus on teacher training for inclusion, the use of the ICF-CJ in assessment, and the eligibility of additional support needs.
 

Publicações

Book Chapter
Teacher education and play pedagogies: International perspetives | 2022

C. Vancraeyveldt

A. Boland

S. Grofcíková

A. Klimentova

I. Oenema-Mostert

Projetos

Deafness is today understood as a difference in human experience - distanced from traditional conceptions of disability and disability - which is…
The specific purpose of this project is to promote teachers in their role as key actors in realizing inclusive education. An innovative assessment…
Chronologically analyze the developments in legislation relating to inclusion in education, exploring how these developments were informed by the…
Green guidance is a development of career guidance in which people are supported to make their education, training and employment choices with an…
I CO-COPE: Inclusão através da Colaboração Interprofissional numa Comunidade de Prática em Educação Ref: 2022-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000089287 Duration:…
Identifying the prevalence, course, and correlates of behavior problems across childhood is of broad interest for researchers, clinical practitioners…
Friendship; inclusive education; social participation. Many studies, especially on the social situation of students with special educational needs…
According to the most recent OECD report[1] (OECD, 2022), developed at the request of the Ministry of Education, and entitled “Review of Inclusive…