Integrated Members
Junior research fellow
CIIE/Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
Email
tfreires@fpce.up.pt
Thiago is a FCT-funded Researcher Fellow at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE - University of Porto), under a CEEC grant (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.06800.CEECIND/CP1757/CT0001). He earned his PhD in Education Sciences from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP) with a thesis focused on youth schooling trajectories developed in peripheral contexts. His main research interests relate to educational trajectories of students from disadvantaged contexts, school pedagogies and innovation (including teacher training), family impact on education, youth cultures, and diversity in and internationalisation of higher education. He holds a master's in education sciences (FPCEUP) and a degree in Languages (Portuguese/English) (University of São Paulo - USP). He has actively participated in inter/national projects in the field of education in the last ten years, having authored and co-authored several scientific papers and book chapters on topics such as educational trajectories, family ties with education, narrative methodology, pedagogical innovation and higher education policies. Currently, he is leading a project focused on the trajectories of displaced and low-SES higher education students. Thiago is also a member of a Cost Action centred on the grassroots of digital Europe (CA21141), integrates a national funded project on self-regulated learning (2022.01025.PTDC) and an international research team working on the internationalisation of teacher education (2021-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000031129). He has been an ad hoc reviewer of several high-impact international journals in education (Scopus indexed) since 2019. Thiago is a lecturer at FPCEUP, where he has taught at all levels of tertiary education, including elective and compulsory courses. In the past, he acted as evaluator (panel student member) of higher education courses for the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES).
2019 – PhD in Education Science – Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
2013 – Masters in Education Science – Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
2009 – Degree in Arts (English / Portuguese) – Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo (FFLCH-USP), Brazil.
Educational trajectories; Secondary education; Youth cultures; Parental and family involvement in education; Education in peripheral contexts
WAY - Who sAw You then and who sees you now! – Promoting student self-regulated learning in the classroom through peer observation
ADHERe - Acknowledging Diversity in Higher Education: Realizing pathways from displaced and low socioeconomic status students
Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Culture of Creative Computing (GRADE)
DITE - Diverse Internationalisation of Teacher Education
Acknowledging Educational Innovation Outlined through technology deployment digital agenda(s), pedagogical practices and school change (AEIOU)
GROW.UP - Crescer em Regiões de Fronteira em Portugal: Jovens, Percursos Educativos e Agendas
Citizenship Education in the context of European Values (CitEdEV)
Talking about doctoral education: The perspectives of the Portuguese universities and doctoral students
ReKINDLE+50 - Digital migrations and curricular innovation: giving new meaning to experience and rekindling teaching profession after 50
Senses of school in peripheral contexts: Brazilian and Portuguese youth narratives
Doctoral project
WAY - Who sAw You then and who sees you now! – Promoting student self-regulated learning in the classroom through peer observation
ADHERe - Acknowledging Diversity in Higher Education: Realizing pathways from displaced and low socioeconomic status students
Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Culture of Creative Computing (GRADE)
DITE - Diverse Internationalisation of Teacher Education
Acknowledging Educational Innovation Outlined through technology deployment digital agenda(s), pedagogical practices and school change (AEIOU)
GROW.UP - Crescer em Regiões de Fronteira em Portugal: Jovens, Percursos Educativos e Agendas
Citizenship Education in the context of European Values (CitEdEV)
Talking about doctoral education: The perspectives of the Portuguese universities and doctoral students
ReKINDLE+50 - Digital migrations and curricular innovation: giving new meaning to experience and rekindling teaching profession after 50
Senses of school in peripheral contexts: Brazilian and Portuguese youth narratives
Doctoral project
EU-USR | Comparative Research on University Social Responsibility in Europe and Development of a Community Reference Framework
Schooling experience centrality in the structuring of youth lives: biographical narratives of lower secondary education students
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY.
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Book chapter
Municipalities, young people, and local development focused on youth: The case of border regions from continental Portugal. [Autarquias, jovens e desenvolvimento local centrado na juventude: o caso das regiões de fronteira de Portugal continental.]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Freires, Thiago
Journal article
Young People's Construction of Identity in the Context of Southern Europe: Finding Leads for Citizenship Education
Freires, Thiago; Dotta, Leanete Thomas; Pereira, Fátima
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers¿ perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Conference abstract
Strengthening school democracy at the class level through the student voice paradigm: reflections from a design research project on self-regulated learning
Freires, Thiago; Oliveira, Artur; Daniela Pinto; Torres, Ana Cristina
Report
Young People's Understanding of European Values: Enhancing abilities, supporting participation and voice
Ross, A, Loughan, T. et al (2024) Young People’s Understanding of European Values: Enhancing abilities, supporting parti
Conference abstract
Teacher Agency in Curriculum and Pedagogical Development Through a Design Research Project About Self-regulated Learning in Secondary Schools
Oliveira, Artur; Daniela Pinto; Freires, Thiago; Mouraz, Ana; Torres, Ana Cristina. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Artur
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers’ perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers' perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Book chapter
Municipalities, young people, and local development focused on youth: The case of border regions from continental Portugal. [Autarquias, jovens e desenvolvimento local centrado na juventude: o caso das regiões de fronteira de Portugal continental.]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Freires, Thiago
Conference abstract
Strengthening school democracy at the class level through the student voice paradigm: reflections from a design research project on self-regulated learning
Freires, Thiago; Oliveira, Artur; Daniela Pinto; Torres, Ana Cristina
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers’ perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Journal article
Young People's Construction of Identity in the Context of Southern Europe: Finding Leads for Citizenship Education
Freires, Thiago; Dotta, Leanete Thomas; Pereira, Fátima
Report
Young People's Understanding of European Values: Enhancing abilities, supporting participation and voice
Ross, A, Loughan, T. et al (2024) Young People’s Understanding of European Values: Enhancing abilities, supporting parti
Journal article
Young People’s Construction of Identity in the Context of Southern Europe: Finding Leads for Citizenship Education
Freires, Thiago; Dotta, Leanete Thomas; Pereira, Fátima
Book chapter
Municipalities, young people, and local development focused on youth: The case of border regions from continental Portugal. [Autarquias, jovens e desenvolvimento local centrado na juventude: o caso das regiões de fronteira de Portugal continental.]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Freires, Thiago
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers' perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Book chapter
Municipalities, young people, and local development focused on youth: The case of border regions from continental Portugal. [Autarquias, jovens e desenvolvimento local centrado na juventude: o caso das regiões de fronteira de Portugal continental.]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Freires, Thiago
Conference abstract
Teacher Agency in Curriculum and Pedagogical Development Through a Design Research Project About Self-regulated Learning in Secondary Schools
Oliveira, Artur; Daniela Pinto; Freires, Thiago; Mouraz, Ana; Torres, Ana Cristina. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Artur
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY [Promoting self-regulated learning through observation and feedback between students: teachers¿ perspectives on the design and implementation of the WAY project]
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Conference abstract
Promoção da autorregulação das aprendizagens através da observação e feedback entre alunos: perspetivas de docentes no desenho e implementação do projeto WAY.
Oliveira, Artur; Freires, Thiago; Arminda Galas; Fernandes, Laurinda; Torres, Ana Cristina
Book chapter
Autarquias, jovens e desenvolvimento local em regiões de fronteira de Portugal continental [Local authorities, young people and local development in the border regions of mainland Portugal]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Freires, Thiago
Journal article
University Social Responsibility: A paradox or a vast field of tensions?
Amorim, José Pedro; Freires, Thiago; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Coimbra, Joaquim Luís; Menezes, Isabel
Journal article
University social responsibility: A paradox or a vast field of tensions?
Amorim, José Pedro; Freires, Thiago; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Coimbra, Joaquim Luís; Menezes, Isabel
Journal article
Parental and Family Involvement in Schools: Perceptions of Young Brazilian and Portuguese People from Underprivileged Contexts
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Journal article
Pensar o lugar das periferias no desenvolvimento de trajetórias educativas: apontamentos a partir de um estudo narrativo com jovens do Brasil e de Portugal
Thiago Freires; Fátima Pereira
Conference abstract
Reflecting on education for citizenship in Southern Europe: Mapping out values as spontaneously raised by young people.
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima; Dotta, Leanete Thomas
Journal article
Understanding the public participation of young people in border regions of mainland Portugal: youth as local development agent
Thiago Freires; Sara Faria; Sofia Marques da Silva
Program / Show
Podcast JEDI - Jovens, Educação, Diversidade e Inovação
Journal article
University Social Responsibility: A paradox or a vast field of tensions?
Amorim, José Pedro; Freires, Thiago; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Coimbra, Joaquim Luís; Menezes, Isabel
Journal article
Parental and Family Involvement in Schools: Perceptions of Young Brazilian and Portuguese People from Underprivileged Contexts
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Journal article
Pensar o lugar das periferias no desenvolvimento de trajetórias educativas: apontamentos a partir de um estudo narrativo com jovens do Brasil e de Portugal
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Journal article
University Social Responsibility: A paradox or a vast field of tensions?
Rodrigues, Fernanda; Amorim, José Pedro; Freires, Thiago; Coimbra, Joaquim Luís; Menezes, Isabel
Report
Do que se fala quando se fala de educação doutoral? As perspetivas das universidades e dos doutorandos portugueses. [Talking about doctoral education: The perspectives of the Portuguese universities and doctoral students.]
Cardoso, S.; Carvalho, T.; Soares, D.; Santos, S.; Diogo, Sara; Freires, Thiago
Journal article
Educação doutoral em Portugal: Mapeamento do cenário [Doctoral Education in Portugal: Mapping the landscape]
Freires, Thiago; Santos, Sandra; Cardoso, Sónia
Journal article
Tecnologias móveis como estratégia de desenvolvimento e (re)encantamento profissional docente: o que pensam os professores veteranos. [Mobile technology as strategy for professional development of teachers: what veteran teachers have to say]
Morgado, José Carlos; Bento, Marco; Freires, Thiago
Report
Agendas para a juventude e as suas comunidades: Propostas de jovens a crescer em regiões de fronteira [Agendas for young people and their communities: Proposals from young people growing up in border regions]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Sampaio, Marta ; Silva, Nicolas Martins da; Sara Faria; Freires, Thiago
Book
Agendas for youth and their communities: Proposals from young people growing up in border regions. [Agendas para a juventude e as suas comunidades: Propostas de jovens a crescer em regiões de fronteira]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Sampaio, Marta ; Silva, Nicolas Martins da; Faria, Sara; Freires, Thiago
Book
Talking about doctoral education: The perspectives of the Portuguese universities and doctoral students. [Do que se fala quando se fala de educação doutoral? As perspetivas das universidades e dos doutorandos portugueses.]
Cardoso, S.; Carvalho, T.; Soares, D.; Santos, S.; Diogo, S.; Freires, Thiago
Conference abstract
Priorities in developing values education in the regions of Europe.
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima; Dotta, Leanete Thomas; Chistolini, Sandra
Conference abstract
Education for citizenship in the context of European values: perspectives from southern Europe [Educação para a cidadania no contexto dos valores europeus: perspectivas do sul da Europa.]
Freires, Thiago; Dotta, Leanete Thomas; Pereira, Fátima
Conference abstract
Pedagogical geographies - The school experience in peripheral contexts [Geografias pedagógicas – A construção da experiência escolar em contextos periféricos]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Program / Show
Podcast JEDI - Jovens, Educação, Diversidade e Inovação
Book
Agendas for youth and their communities: Proposals from young people growing up in border regions. [Agendas para a juventude e as suas comunidades: Propostas de jovens a crescer em regiões de fronteira]
Silva, Sofia Marques (Org.); Sampaio, Marta ; Silva, Nicolas Martins da; Faria, Sara; Freires, Thiago
Report
Agendas para a juventude e as suas comunidades: Propostas de jovens a crescer em regiões de fronteira [Agendas for young people and their communities: Proposals from young people growing up in border regions]
Silva, Sofia Marques; Sampaio, Marta ; Silva, Nicolas Martins da; Sara Faria; Freires, Thiago
Book
Agendas for youth and their communities: Proposals from young people growing up in border regions. [Agendas para a juventude e as suas comunidades: Propostas de jovens a crescer em regiões de fronteira]
Silva, Sofia Marques (Org.); Sampaio, Marta ; Silva, Nicolas Martins da; Faria, Sara; Freires, Thiago
Edited book
II Seminário Internacional Expressa: Re-imaginar a comunicação científica em educação. Livro de resumos
Freires, Thiago
Conference paper
Translating European narratives on doctoral education on the national level: The Portuguese case.
Carvalho, T.; Freires, Thiago; Diogo, S.
Journal article
Smart Education as Empowerment: Outlining Veteran Teachers’ Training to Promote Digital Migration [Scopus]
José Carlos Morgado; José Alberto Lencastre; Thiago Freires; Marco Bento
Book chapter
«Veteran» teachers and technology integration in educational contexts: A systematic review [Professores «veteranos» e a integração da tecnologia em contextos educativos: Uma revisão sistemática]
Morgado, José Carlos; Lencastre, José Alberto; Bento, Marco; Freires, Thiago
Conference paper
DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL: MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE
Thiago Freires; Sandra Santos; Sónia Cardoso
Journal article
A Systematic Review on the Flipped Classroom Model as a Promoter of Curriculum Innovation
Lencastre, José Alberto; Morgado, José Carlos; Freires, Thiago; Bento, Marco
Book chapter
Promoting ethically responsible research: reflections based on narrative work in education [Por uma investigação eticamente responsável: reflexões a partir do trabalho narrativo em educação]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Conference paper
Reinventing the curriculum to innovate the practices: veteran teachers' use of technology [Reinventar o currículo para inovar as práticas: a utilização das tecnologias pelos professores veteranos]
Morgado, José Carlos; Mouraz, Ana; Freires, Thiago
Book chapter
Ocupar a escola e o mundo: Sobre a heterogeneidade do ensino público contemporâneo no Brasil e em Portugal
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Book chapter
Occupying school and the world - on the heterogeneity of contemporary public education in Brazil and Portugal [Ocupar a escola e o mundo – sobre a heterogeneidade do Ensino Público contemporâneo no Brasil e em Portugal]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Book chapter
Veteran teachers and curriculum innovation: challenges on resourcing on technology as a pedagogical device [Professores veteranos e inovação curricular: desafios do recurso à tecnologia como instrumento pedagógico]
Freires, Thiago; Bento, Marco; Morgado, José Carlos; Lencastre, José Alberto
Thesis / Dissertation
Senses of School in peripheral contexts: Brazilian and Portuguese youth narratives [Sentidos da Escola em contextos periféricos: narrativas de jovens brasileiros e portugueses]
Freires, Thiago
Conference paper
Reinventing the curriculum to innovate the practices: veteran teachers' use of technology [Reinventar o currículo para inovar as práticas: a utilização das tecnologias pelos professores veteranos]
Morgado, José Carlos; Mouraz, Ana; Freires, Thiago
Journal article
O ensino secundário centrado nas artes: percepções de jovens do norte de Portugal
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Edited book
I Seminário Internacional EXPRESSA: Re-imaginar a Comunicação Científica em Educação - Livro de Resumos
Freires, Thiago
Journal article
Living in between: Schooling processes of working-class students in Northern Portugal [Scopus]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Journal article
Secondary specialist arts education: Perceptions of youths in Northern Portugal [Scopus]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Conference abstract
The third bank of the river: on compulsory education and social justice [A terceira margem do rio: da educação obrigatória e sua relação com justiça social]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Book chapter
Students’ voices about how schooling affects their lives
Pereira, Fátima; Freires, Thiago; Santos, Carolina; Magalhães, Dulce; Mouraz, Ana; Sousa, Soraia
Journal article
Family involvement in schooling. A north Portugal portrait by elementary students
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Journal article
Family involvement in schooling. A north Portugal portrait by elementary students [Scopus]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima; Santos, Carolina
Book chapter
Students Voices About How Schooling Affects Their Lives
Pereira, Fátima; Freires, Thiago; Santos, Carolina; Magalhães, Dulce; Mouraz, Ana; Sousa, Soraia
Report
What is university social responsibility?
Amorim, José Pedro; Freires, Thiago; Loja, Ema; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Coimbra, Joaquim; Menezes, Isabel
Conference abstract
What can Specialized Artistic Schools teach us? Youths' narratives on schooling effects of secondary education
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Book chapter
Para além dos muros da escola: os estudantes e a periferia
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Report
University Social Responsibility: A common European reference framework
Freires, Thiago; Amorim, José Pedro; Coimbra, Joaquim; Menezes, Isabel
Report
Mapping current university social responsibility practices in Europe
Freires, Thiago; Amorim, José Pedro; Loja, Ema; Coimbra, Joaquim; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Menezes, Isabel
Conference abstract
Schooling as experience: Narratives of Portuguese 9th grade students
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima; Santos, Carolina
Book chapter
Teachers representation: between memories and narratives [A composição da figura docente: entre memórias e narrativas por outros olhares]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima; Santos, Carolina
Conference abstract
Schooling effects on students’ lives: the implicit discourse of narratives
Santos, Carolina; Sousa, Soraia; Rodrigues, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Conference abstract
Alternative secondary school programs: An overview on Arts School effects on Portuguese students’ educational trajectories
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Thesis / Dissertation
The emergence of secondary artistic specialized education in the life of students: educational trajectories [A emergência do ensino secundário artístico especializado na vida dos estudantes: Trajetórias educacionais]
Freires, Thiago
Journal article
Schooling effects in the life of students: in between narratives [Efeitos da escolaridade na vida dos estudantes: nas entrelinhas das narrativas]
Pereira, Fátima; Freires, Thiago; Santos, Carolina
Journal article
Efeitos da escolaridade no percurso de vida dos alunos: Nas entrelinhas da narrativa
Pereira, Fátima; Freires, Thiago; Santos, Carolina
Conference paper
Familiar involvement insights: Perspectives from Portuguese Elementary School students
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Conference paper
Educational relationship - On the other side of the mirror: students' voice on teachers' work [A relação educativa - O outro lado do espelho: vozes de alunos/as sobre o trabalho docente]
Pereira, Fátima; Freires, Thiago; Santos, Carolina
Conference paper
Nuclear and peripheral nodes of students' discourse on schooling experience [Centralidades e periferias nos discursos de jovens sobre percursos e experiências escolares]
Santos, Carolina; Freires, Thiago; Sousa, Soraia; Pereira, Fátima
Conference paper
Popular classes and schooling processes - decoding the Portuguese periphery [Classes populares e processos de escolarização – desmistificando a periferia portuguesa]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima
Conference paper
Beyond school's walls: the students and the periphery [Para além dos muros da escola: os estudantes e a periferia]
Freires, Thiago; Pereira, Fátima