Dr. Ilídia Cabral will give a public lecture about the results of her multiple case study on how the organization of schools impacts student success. She analyzed schools in Portugal that reorganized themselves under an education program called "Programa Mais Sucesso Escolar", which aims to prevent failure and dropout by allowing more flexible grouping of students and instructional time/space. Her research sought to understand if this reorganization was perceived as promoting learning. The talk will be held at the University of Saint Joseph and moderated by Prof. Ana Correia.

1. PUBLIC
LECTURE
The
Grammar
of
Schooling
and
school
success:
results
from
a
mul1ple
case
study
Dr
Ilídia
Cabral
Wednesday
16
September
2015
6:30p.m.
-­‐
8:30p.m.
Speakers
Hall
University
of
Saint
Joseph
ABOUT
THE
SPEAKER
Dr.
Maria
Ilídia
de
Meireles
Cabral
da
Rocha
holds
a
PhD
in
Educa0onal
Sciences
and
is
an
Assistant
Professor
at
the
Faculty
of
Educa0on
and
Psychology
of
the
Catholic
University
of
Portugal,
teaching
Research
Methodologies,
Project
Development
in
Educa0on,
School
Administra0on
and
Organiza0on
and
Sociology
of
Educa0on.
She
coordinates
the
advanced
courses
in
Educa0on
and
supervises
several
Masters
and
PhD
disserta0ons
in
the
field
of
Educa0onal
Sciences.
She
is
an
integrated
member
of
the
Centre
for
Studies
in
Human
Development
(CEDH)
of
the
Catholic
University
of
Portugal,
a
member
of
the
Assessment
CommiKee
of
projects
in
the
field
of
Educa0onal
Sciences
and
Poli0cs
of
the
Founda0on
for
Science
and
Technology
(FCT),
and
author
of
several
ar0cles,
books
and
book
chapters.
ABOUT
THE
TALK
In
the
beginning
of
the
21st
century,
the
Portuguese
Ministry
of
Educa0on
launched
“Programa
Mais
Sucesso
Escolar”,
with
the
objec0ve
of
preven0ng
school
failure
and
dropout
in
primary
educa0on.
This
program
is
based
on
the
altera0on
of
the
tradi0onal
school
model,
making
it
possible
to
group
students
and
to
manage
0me
and
space
for
instruc0on
in
a
flexible
way,
which
lead
to
a
new
genera0on
of
educa0onal
policies,
more
centered
on
suppor0ng
local
ini0a0ves
of
each
school.
This
talk
discusses
the
result
of
a
mul0ple
case
study
research
carried
out
to
understand
if
the
way
schools
have
reorganized
themselves
within
these
projects
has
been
perceived
as
learning
promo0ng.
Organised
by
the
Faculty
of
Psychology
and
Educa0on
Moderated
by
Prof.
Ana
Correia
www.usj.edu.mo
l
Rua
de
Londres
16,
Macau,
China