Educación histórica con el patrimonio: desafiando la formación de profesorado

It is presented a reflection on the role of heritage in formal education regarding the relationship between heritage education and history education. Some theoretical references which support the research methodology of an essentially qualitative nature are discussed too.The main purposes are to analyse and understand how the implementation of history teaching and learning activities through cultural heritage in context, makes possible and favours students' progression in historical understan...

B2 ELT and teachers' role at the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto in Portugal

Do espelho ao espelho: Fiama, a palavra reflecte a outra palavra

By establishing a link with W.B. Yeats famous phrase mirror turn lamp (1936), which wasthe origin of the title of M. H. Abrams well-known book, The Mirror and the Lamp (1960)devoted to the poetic theory of Romanticism, this essay tries to read two verses by Fiama HassePais Brandão, in order to attempt to systematize the metapoetic discourse of one of the mostself-conscious writers of twentieth-century Portuguese literature. The aim is to reconstituteand problematize this discourse, giving spe...

Negligent and intentional fires in Portugal: spatial distribution characterization

In the European context, Portugal is the country with the highest number of wildfires and the second with more burnt area. The vast majority of these events are of human origin, whether caused by accident, negligence or arson, reason why it is particularly important to know the regime of these wildfires for forest and wildfire management activities. The study focuses on the most recent years of 20012014, when wildfire ignition's coordinates are known, and aims to identify and characterize the...