Teresa Maria Vasconcelos

Teresa Maria Vasconcelos is a retired senior coordinating professor from the Higher School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, where she trained generations of early childhood educators and coordinated several master's and postgraduate programs. She worked professionally as an early childhood educator and also in community development and adult literacy projects, notably in women's empowerment (within the Grail movement to which she belongs). She holds a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) and served as Director General of Basic Education (1996-1999), being responsible for... Plan for the Expansion and Development of Preschool Education in PortugalShe was also a member of the National Education Council (2009-2012), having served as rapporteur for... Recommendations on the Education of Children Aged 0 to 3 YearsHe has numerous scientific works published in Portugal and abroad, most notably... Around the Big Table – Ana's Educational Practice, published in this collection in 1997. The book Early Childhood Education at the Crossroads (Text, 2009) was the result of the aggregation exams at the University of Lisbon. She has carried out consultancy activities at national and international levels. She was decorated by President Jorge Sampaio with the degree of Grand Officer of the Order of Public Instruction (2000).