There is a growing number of students who do not wish to learn what is prescribed and who are unwilling to assume the role of a student. This is undoubtedly a factor contributing to indiscipline and bullying. Following a historic decline in early school...
Contribution by Catarina Morais, lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEP-UCP) and coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Sport and Performance Psychology at FEP-UCP. "At 40 years old, a...
Since schools must be at the service of life, people and local institutions, they must adopt a governance model that emanates from a participatory democracy in which everyone has a voice. Read the full article here
Opinion piece by Luísa Campos , Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Knowledge about mental health can sometimes lead to misinterpretations, leading many people to believe that they have the skills...
Patrícia Oliveira-Silva, director of the Human Neurobehavioral Laboratory, and Francisco Mendes-Palma, director of Global Engagement at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The practices and patterns we follow are characterized by excessive consumption...
Opinion article by Mariana Negrão , a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Catholic University. We see the "unruly," the "provocative," and the "anxious" - we label the behaviour - but the essential remains, many times, invisible to...
Opinion article by José Matias Alves , professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Catholic University. Negotiation seems to resemble a game of imposition and "all or nothing." The "respect" will probably have to go through demands that...
Opinion article by José Matias Alves , professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology. Combating the ballast of injustice that persists in education requires a "new social contract." Here are some possible keys to open the doors to another future...
Moreover, the list of subjects with a shortage of teachers is growing: Portuguese, Mathematics, Biology and Geology, Physics and Chemistry, History, Geography, English, Philosophy, and Computer Science.