Luísa Maria Carvalho
Department of Education and Training
CARE – Research Center on Health and Social Sciences
Portalegre Polytechnic University
Relevant links outside academia
Member of the Board of Directors of Cooperativa Operária Portalegrense. Member of the Scientific Council of LAB4 (Laboratory of Education, Culture, Social Innovation and Human Development).
External expert in School External Evaluation and EQAVET alignment verification through EduQA (Institute for Education, Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation).
Expertise
- Formal and non-formal education; Educational evaluation and assessment; Educational planning and policy; Teacher training education; Adult and senior education; Territorial educational development
- Monitoring/evaluation study of measures to promote school success and prevent school dropout in schools in the Alto Alentejo region.
- Preparation/revision of the Educational Charters of the Alto Alentejo Region and development of the Intermunicipal Strategic Plan for Education Development in Alto Alentejo.
- Study on the Skills Needs Anticipation System for Alto Alentejo, commissioned by the Intermunicipal Community of Alto Alentejo to the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, for submission to ANQEP.
- Consultancy support for the development of a School Grouping Educational Project.
Relevant projects
- SAPIEN (South and Atlantic Pedagogical Innovation & Excellence Network), funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan/European Union, with Universidade Nova de Lisboa as the project lead institution.
- PRODIGIO – PROgramação na Era Digital, within the scope of the Pedagogical Innovation Incentive Programme of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre – 2024/2025 edition.
- Entre Tempos com as Suas Gentes, funded by the BPI Foundation “la Caixa” Seniors Award, with Cooperativa Operária Portalegrense as the promoting organisation (area: ageing and senior education).
- XRAqua – XR-powered Aquaponics Learning – Cultivating the Future: An Immersive Aquaponics Learning Experience with XR, funded by Horizon Innovation Action (Horizon 2020), with HIberponics Lda. as the project lead institution.
- AI-ENABLE – Enhancing Inclusive Education in Higher Education Institutions with Artificial Intelligence, funded by the ERASMUS+ Programme, with the University of Maribor – Slovenia, as the project lead institution.
- Entre Tempos, funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with Cooperativa Operária Portalegrense as the promoting organisation (area: ageing and senior education).