Open plan schools have been largely contested in Portugal; many teachers, administrators and even parents consider this model of schooling inappropriate and therefore a failure. Recently however the Escola da Ponte, one of the open plan schools that has survived, was recognised as one of the...

L’étude des écoles primaires d’une petite ville portugaise offre, plus largement, un aperçu de l’évolution des établissements scolaires en général. Ces bâtiments publics présentent en effet de nombreuses spécificités. L’observation de quatre des six écoles primaires de la...

Au Portugal, les écoles bâties sur le modèle de l’open space, ou espace paysager, ont suscité de vives critiques ; nombre de professeurs, d’administrateurs et même de parents considèrent que ce modèle spatial d’enseignement n’est pas adapté, et constitue à ce titre un échec....

L’objectif du Programme de modernisation des établissements d’enseignement secondaire, mis en oeuvre au Portugal par Parque Escolar, EPE, est fondé sur la recherche de la qualité et fait de l’éducation portugaise une référence internationale potentielle. Cet article présente les...

The aim of the Secondary School Modernisation Programme, being implemented in Portugal by Parque Escolar, EPE, is based on the pursuit of quality and makes Portuguese education a potential international benchmark. This paper discusses the strategies adopted to reorganise school spaces. It...

It’s elementary: students benefit from pre-primary education. The OECD’s PISA 2009 results show that in practically all OECD countries 15-year-old students who had attended some pre-primary school outperformed students who had not. In fact, the difference between students who had attended...

Science project. The very phrase is nearly synonymous with hands-on learning, learning-by-doing, collaboration. Are students more engaged and do they perform better in science if their school encourages them to work on science projects, participate in science fairs, belong to a science-related...

School systems handle the challenges of diverse student populations in different ways. Some countries have non-selective and comprehensive school systems that seek to provide all students with similar opportunities, leaving it to individual schools and teachers to meet the particular needs of...

C’est une évidence : l’enseignement préprimaire est bénéfique pour les élèves. Les résultats de l’enquête PISA 2009 montrent que, dans la quasi-totalité des pays de l’OCDE, les élèves de 15 ans ayant suivi un enseignement préprimaire obtiennent de meilleurs résultats que les...

<UL> <LI>In most OECD countries, newly arrived 15-year-old immigrant students show poorer reading performance than immigrant students who arrived in their new country when they were younger than five. </LI> <LI>Students who emigrated from less-developed countries where the home language differs from their new...</li></li></ul>