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Mantle in Portugal: ESEPF

This project was led by staff at Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti, a Teacher Training institution in Porto, Portugal. For more information, go to the website:  esepf.pt

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Class  Teacher Training course for Masters students

Curriculum:  Pedagogy of Natural Sciences, History and Geography - Planning interdisciplinary activities in Social and Natural Sciences to apply in Primary School teaching 

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Enterprise

Educational Research Company

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Ways-in

Newspaper report which says that primary school teachers need different teaching models to promote significant learning

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Building the 'Frame'

The team undertake research to discover:

- What problems do teachers identify in the classroom that may explain low school achievement?

- Where can we find more information to identify solutions to those problems?

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Introducing the  'commission' and the 'client'

An educational publisher has heard about the team's research, and invites them to produce a pedagogical book with interdisciplinary activities for Social and Natural Sciences, aimed at primary school teachers

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Fulfilling the 'commission' 

Tasks included: planning and 'trialling' teaching materials; undertaking market research to get feedback from teachers 

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The 'publication'

The 'publication' was presented to the 'client'

You can hear the ESEPF team talking about the project, in this video

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