Hugo Oliveira

Department of Education and Training

CARE – Research Center on Health and Social Sciences

Portalegre Polytechnic University


Contact information

hugo.oliveira@ipportalegre.pt

ORCID: 0000-0002-6802-1604

CiênciaID: 4D14-2F30-D6D4

Relevant links outside academia

Member of the jury panel of the “Histórias da Ajudaris” social solidarity project. The project aims to promote reading, writing, artistic expression, and citizenship in partnership with solidarity schools. AJUDARIS is a private, non‑profit social and humanitarian association of national scope (Portugal), committed to combating hunger, poverty, and social exclusion.

Expertise

  • Research on practical work in science education (Science Didactics).
  • Research on health education.
  • Pre-service teacher training.
  • Educational Sciences.
  • Pedagogical Supervision.
  • Biology and Geology teaching.
  • Design and implementation of educational projects in non‑formal learning contexts at the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark.
  • Teaching experience in higher education (Portugal) – Portalegre Polytechnic University (Department of Education and Training) and University of Évora (Department of Pedagogy and Education).
  • Teaching experience in secondary education (United Kingdom) – North Oxfordshire Academy.
  • Teaching experience in secondary education (Portugal) – Vilamoura International School; José Silvestre Ribeiro School Cluster; Alves Redol Secondary School; Poeta AL Berto Secondary School; Alcácer do Sal School Cluster.
  • Teaching experience in primary education (Portugal) – Santa Marinha vertical school cluster; Leirós primary school; Dr Costa Matos school cluster; D. Pedro I school cluster; S. Pedro de Pedroso vertical school cluster.
  • Teaching experience in vocational and adult education (Portugal) – CINCORK – Professional training centre for the cork industry.

Relevant projects

  • “FEE EcoCampus”, a programme implemented by the Portalegre Polytechnic University and internationally coordinated by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which promotes sustainability across higher education institutions.
  • “The impact of the essential learnings on the dynamics of experimental teaching in Natural Sciences”, framed within the FCT Doctoral Research Grant and funded by the project UI/BD/151078/2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/UI/BD/151078/2021.
  • “PES2A – Citizenship and health education: decoding the effectiveness of school projects in the Algarve and Alentejo”, project developed by the Centre for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora.
  • “Experimental teaching for sustainability through organic greenhouse farming practices”, ID: 1748, financed under the Ciência Viva VI call, and developed in the Alcácer do Sal School Cluster.