Biography

Margarida M. Marques is researcher in University of Aveiro (UA), where she is a member of the projects EduCITY (https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=39432), VaBioLa (https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=42223 ), CIDTFF Programmatic Funding Project (https://www.ua.pt/pt/cidtff/page/26651), NaLoC (http://naloc.web.ua.pt/), and LoCALL (https://locallproject.eu/). She is also member of the Research Centre Teaching Methodology and Technology in the Education of Trainers - CIDTFF (https://www.ua.pt/pt/cidtff), Laboratory of Digital Contents - LCD (https://www.ua.pt/pt/cidtff/lcd/), CIDTFF Group 2 | Science, Technology and Innovation, and Department of Education and Psychology - DEP (https://www.ua.pt/pt/cidtff/page/23519). She has been teaching curricular units of High and Master Degrees in Teaching of DEP since 2019.
Published 5 books, 3 book chapters, 19 journal papers, 15 conference papers and contributed to several other scientific communications about i) innovation in science education: technology-supported education (e.g., mobile devices and augmented reality) and game-based learning; ii) scientific literacy (e.g., in the area of climate change); and iii) teacher professional development (e.g., through communities of practice and Massive Open Online Courses). She has co-organized several initiatives of knowledge dissemination for the public, particularly for schools.
She has received 3 prestigious awards, 1 national and 2 international, being the most recent one the 2018 ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU). More information at https://www.eciu.org/news/university-of-aveiro-project-wins-the-eciu-team-award. Her previous professional background includes i) from March 2015 to June 2016, research fellow at the Clima@EduMedia project (http://climaedumedia-en.weebly.com/), about Climate Change Education through the mass media; and ii) from 2004 to 2014, teacher of Biology and Geology in several Portuguese schools, teaching Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 (students aged 11-18). She has also some experience as a teacher in English schools (London).
She completed her PhD in Teaching Methodology and Training, branch of Teaching Methodology and Curricular Development (http://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/13142) in 2014. Previously, she concluded her Master in Curricular Management (http://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/1022) in 2008 and her Graduation in Teaching of Biology and Geology in 2004. All her academic courses were by UA.