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Maria Teresa Brito Chedas de Sampaio has a Degree in Basic Education and a Professional Master’s Degree in Teaching the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education from the Lisbon Higher Education School of the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute. Maria Teresa also has a Master’s degree in Integrated Didactics in Portuguese Language, Mathematics, Natural and Social Sciences, from the Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa of the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, having carried out a dissertation on the use of unconventional texts in teaching natural sciences to its effectiveness in learning.
Its main area of interest is the Acquisition and Development of Language nº 1st Cycle of Basic Education, in particular with regard to the explicit teaching of lexicon and vocabulary and their role in the development of writing skills. Currently developing research on lexicon and writing, within the PhD in Language Didactics – Multilingualism and Education for Global Citizenship, area of specialization Teaching Portuguese as a Mother Tongue (L1).