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Selection of publications

Books

Domingos, A. M. (now Morais) (1987). Social class, pedagogic practice and achievement in science: A study of secondary schools in Portugal. CORE - Collected Original Resources in Education. Carfax, 583 pp.

 

Klahr, D., Afonso, M., Alveirinho, D., Alves, V., Calado, S., Ferreira, S., Silva, P., & Tomás, H. (2011). O valor do ensino Experimental. Porto Editora and Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, 75 pp.

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Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Medeiros, A., Peneda, D., Fontinhas, F., & Antunes, H. (1993). Socialização primária e prática pedagógica (Vol. 2), Análise de aprendizagens na família e na escola. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 569 pp. [Rui Grácio Prize of Educational Sciences 1994].

 

Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P. et al (2000). Estudos para uma sociologia da aprendizagem. Institute for Educational Innovation and Centre for Educational Research (School of Science University of Lisbon), 607 pp.

 

Morais, A., Neves, I., Davies, B., & Daniels, H. (Eds.). (2001). Towards a sociology of pedagogy: The contribution of Basil Bernstein to research. Peter Lang, 397 pp.

 

Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., & Ferreira, S. (2014). Currículos, manuais escolares e práticas pedagógicas: Estudo de processos de estabilidade e mudança no sistema educativo. Edições Sílabo, 358pp.

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Neves, I. P. (2023). Trajetos de investigação educacional: Ensino das ciências numa perspetiva sociológica. Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa (E-book). 

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Book chapters

Domingos, A. M. (now Morais) (1989). Conceptual demand of science courses and social class. In P. Adey (Ed.), Adolescent Development and School Science (pp. 211-223). Falmer Press.

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Ferreira, S., Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Afonso, M. & Silva, P. (2015a). Conceptualização dos conhecimentos e das capacidades em currículos. In Conselho Nacional de Educação (Ed.), Currículos de nível elevado no ensino das ciências (pp. 36-82). CNE (National Education Council).

 

Ferreira, S., Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Afonso, M. & Silva, P. (2015b). Trabalho prático em currículos e práticas pedagógicas. In Conselho Nacional de Educação (Ed.), Currículos de nível elevado no ensino das ciências (pp. 104-154). CNE (National Education Council).

 

Ferreira, S., Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Saraiva, L. & Castro, S. (2015). Conceptualização da construção da ciência em currículos e manuais escolares. In Conselho Nacional de Educação (Ed.), Currículos de nível elevado no ensino das ciências (pp. 180-238). CNE (National Education Council).

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Ferreira, S. & Saraiva, L. (2023). O trabalho prático no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico português: Estudo de processos de recontextualização entre currículos e manuais escolares. In Santos, B. (Org.), A Sociologia de Basil Bernstein na Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências e Matemática (pp. 129-157). Pedro & João Editores. ISBN: 978-65-265-0930-2

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​Ferreira, S., & Saraiva, L. (2024). Complexity of Practical Work in Science Curricula and Textbooks: Analysis of Recontextualizing Processes. In M. Sardag, G. Kaya and T. Ecevit (Eds.), Connecting Science Education with Cultural Heritage: Proceedings Book Series of the ESERA 2023 Conference - Book Series-II (pp. 332-338). Nobel Bilimsel Eserler (Nobel Publishing). ISBN: 978-625-393-905-2

 

Ferreira, S., & Simões, H. (2023). Conceções de futuros professores sobre biodiversidade: implicações para o ensino das ciências. In P. Membiela & M. I. Cebreiros (Eds.), Expectativas y prácticas docentes en la enseñanza de las ciencias (pp. 271-277). Educación Editora. ISBN: 978-84-15524-50-2

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Morais, A. M. (2001). Crossing boundaries between disciplines: A perspective on Basil Bernstein’s legacy. In S. Power et al., A tribute to Basil Bernstein – 1924-2000 (pp. 31-34). Institute of Education, University of London.

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Morais, A. M. (2007). Basil Bernstein: Sociology for education. In C. Torres & A. Teodoro (Eds.), Critique and Utopia: New Developments in the Sociology of Education. Rowman and Littlefield (Chap. 8).

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2001). Pedagogic social contexts: Studies for a sociology of learning. In A. Morais, I. Neves, B. Davies & H. Daniels (Eds.), Towards a sociology of pedagogy: The contribution of Basil Bernstein to research (Chap. 8). Peter Lang.

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Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., & Pires, D. (2004). The what and the how of teaching and learning: Going deeper into sociological analysis and intervention. In J. Muller, B. Davies & A. Morais (Eds.), Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein (Chap. 6). Routledge & Falmer.

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2006). Teachers as creators of social contexts for scientific learning: New approaches for teacher education. In R. Moore, M. Arnot, J. Beck & H. Daniels (Orgs.), Knowledge, power and educational reform: Applying the sociology of Basil Bernstein (Chap. 9). Routledge.

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2008). Textes éducatifs et contextes favorisant l'apprentissage: Optimisation d`un modèle de pratique pédagogique. In D. Frandji & P. Vitale (Orgs.), Actualité de Basil Bernstein: Savoir, pédagogie et société (pp. 225-241). Presses Universitaires de Rennes (PUR).

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2010). Basil Bernstein as an inspiration for educational research: Specific methodological approaches. In P. Singh, A. Sadovnik & S. Semel (Eds.), Toolkits, translation devices and conceptual accounts: Essays on Basil Bernstein's sociology of knowledge (Chap. 2). Peter Lang.

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2012). Zur wirkung von curriculum und kontext: Optimierung eines modells pädagogischer praxis. In U. Gellert & M. Sertl (Eds.), Zur soziologie des unterrichts. Arbeiten mit Basil Bernsteins theorie des pädagogischen diskurses (pp. 119-140). Beltz Juventa.

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Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Ferreira, S., Afonso, M., Silva, P., Saraiva, L. & Castro, S. (2015). Elevar o nível da educação científica: Algumas propostas de intervenção pedagógica. In Conselho Nacional de Educação (Ed.), Currículos de nível elevado no ensino das ciências (pp. 240-293). CNE (National Education Council).

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Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2016). Vertical discourses and science education: Analyzing conceptual demand of educational texts. In P. Vitale & B. Exley (Eds.), Pedagogic Rights and Democratic Education: Bernsteinian explorations of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment (Chap. 13). Routledge.

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​Morais. A. M., Castro, S., Ferreira, S. & Neves, I. P. (2018). The nature of science in secondary school Geology: Studying recontextualising processes. In M. E. Prestes & C. C. Silva (Eds.), Teaching science with context: Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological approaches (Chap. 26). Springer.

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Neves, I. P., & Morais, A. M. (2001). Texts and contexts in educational systems: Studies of recontextualising spaces. In A. Morais, I. Neves, B. Davies & H. Daniels (Eds.), Towards a sociology of pedagogy: The contribution of Basil Bernstein to research (Chap. 9). Peter Lang.

 

Neves, I. P., Morais, A. M., & Afonso, M. (2004). Teacher training contexts: Study of specific sociological characteristics. In J. Muller, B. Davies & A. Morais (Eds.), Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein (Chap. 12). Routledge & Falmer.

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Neves, I. P. & Morais, A. M. (2020). Pedagogic practices in the family socializing context and children’s school achievement. In P. Singh (Ed.), Basil Bernstein, Code Theory, and Education: Women’s Contributions (Chap. 2). Routledge.

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Articles

Alves, V., & Morais, A. M. (2012). A sociological analysis of science curriculum and pedagogic practices. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 7(1), 52-71.​

 

Botelho, A., & Morais, A. M. (2006). Students-exhibits interaction at a science center: A sociological study of characteristics that affect learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(10), 987-1018.

 

Calado, S., Neves, I. P., & Morais, A. M. (2013). Conceptual demand of science curricula: A study at the middle school level. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 8(3), 255-277.

 

Câmara, M. J., & Morais, A. M. (1998). O desenvolvimento científico no jardim de infância: Influência de práticas pedagógicas. Revista de Educação, VII(2), 179-199.

 

Domingos, A. M. (now Morais) (1989). Influence of the social context of the school on the teacher's pedagogic practice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 10(3), 351-366. ​​

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Ferreira, S., Morais, A. M. & Neves, I. P. (2011). Science curricula design: Analysis of authors` ideological and pedagogical principles. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 21(2), 137-159.

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Ferreira, S. & Morais, A. M. (2013). The nature of science in science curricula: Methods and concepts of analysis. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 35(16), 2670-2691.​

 

Ferreira, S., & Morais, A. M. (2014). Conceptual demand of practical work in science curricula: A methodological approach. Research in Science Education, 44(1), 53-80.​

 

Ferreira, S. & Morais, A. M. (2017). Exigência conceptual do trabalho prático: Abordagem multidisciplinar de análise do discurso pedagógico na aula de ciências. Revista Práxis Educativa 12(1), 25-47.

 

Ferreira, S. & Morais, A. M. (2020). Practical work in science education: Study of different contexts of pedagogic practice. Research in science education, 50, 1547-1574.

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Ferreira, S., & Neves, I. P. (2024). Investigação em educação científica: o legado de Basil Bernstein. Práxis Educativa, 19, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.19.24336.114

 

Ferreira, S., & Saraiva, L. (2021). Complexity of practical work in Portuguese primary science textbooks. Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, 26(3), 281-297. ​

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Fontinhas, F., Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (1995). Students' coding orientation and school socialising context in their relation with students' scientific achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(5), 445-462.​

 

Morais, A. M. (2002). Basil Bernstein at the micro level of the classroom. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 23(4), 559-569.​

 

Morais, A. M., Fontinhas, F., & Neves, I. P. (1992). Recognition and realization rules in acquiring school science: The contribution of pedagogy and social background of students. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 13(2), 247-270.

 

Morais, A. M., & Antunes, H. (1994). Students' differential text production in the regulative context of the classroom. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 15(2), 243-263.

 

Morais, A. M., & Miranda, C. (1996). Understanding teachers' evaluation criteria: A condition for success in science classes. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 33(6), 601-624.

 

Morais, A. M., Peneda, D., Medeiros, A., Neves, I. P., Reis, E., & Salgueiro, F. (1996). Desenvolvimento cognitivo e aprendizagem científica: Influência de factores da família e da escola. Revista Portuguesa de Educação, 9(2), 1-28.

 

Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., & Fontinhas, F. (1999). Is there any change in science educational reforms? - A sociological study of theories of instruction. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20(1), 37-53.

 

Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P. & Afonso, M. (2005). Teacher training processes and teachers’ competence: A sociological study in the primary school. Teaching and Teacher Education, 21, 415-437.

 

Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (2007). A Teoria de Basil Bernstein: Alguns aspectos fundamentais. Revista Práxis Educativa, 2(2), 115-130.

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Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Ferreira, S. & Saraiva, L. (2018). A natureza da ciência na educação em ciência: Teorias e práticas. Revista Práxis Educativa, 13(1), 8-32.

 

Morais, A. M. & Neves, I. P. (2018). The quest for high level knowledge in schools: Revisiting the concepts of classification and framing. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(3), 261-282.

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Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P. & Ferreira, S. (2019). O currículo nas suas dimensões estrutural e internacional: Perspetiva de Basil Bernstein. Revista Práxis Educativa, 14(2), 405 - 431.

 

Morais, A. M., Neves, I. P., Ferreira, S., Afonso, M. & Silva, P. (2020). Conceptualização e coerência curricular em educação científica: Uma proposta de intervenção pedagógica. Revista Investigações em Ensino das Ciências, 25(1), 99 - 119.

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Morais, A. M., & Rocha, C. (2000). Development of social competences in the primary school: Study of specific pedagogic practices. British Educational Research Journal, 26(1), 91-119.

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Neves, I. P. (1991). Contributo para uma análise sociológica de livros de texto. Revista de Educação, 1(2), 91-97.


Neves, I. P. (1992). O posicionamento da criança na família/comunidade - Influência no aproveitamento escolar. Revista de Educação, II(2), 35-53.

 

Neves, I. P. (2023). Articulando a Educação Científica com a Sociologia de Educação: O contributo significativo de Ana Maria Morais. Práxis Educativa, 18, 1-11.​

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Neves, I. P., & Morais, A. M. (2001a). Knowledges and values in science syllabuses: A sociological study of educational reforms. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 22(4), 531-556.

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Neves, I. P., & Morais, A. M. (2001b). Teacher’s ‘space of change’ in educational reforms: A model for analysis applied to a recent reform. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 33(4), 451-476.​

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Paixão, I., Calado, S., Ferreira, S., Alves, V., & Morais, A. M. (2004). Continental drift: A discussion strategy for secondary school. Science & Education, 13(3), 201-221. â€‹

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Saldanha, A., & Neves, I. P. (2007). Influência dos exames na recontextualização dos programas: Um estudo centrado na biologia do ensino secundário. Revista de Educação, XV(1), 47-666.

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Silva, P., & Neves, I. P. (2007). Power and control in the classroom: Understanding students’ disruptive behaviours. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2(4), 205-231. ​

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Refereed Proceedings

Ferreira, S. & Morais, A. M. (2018). Complexity of practical work in science curricula and national exams: Analysis of recontextualising processes. In O. Finlayson, E. McLoughlin, S. Erduran & P. Childs (Eds.), Research, Practice and Collaboration in Science Education - Proceedings of ESERA 2017 (pp. 1394-1404). Dublin City University.

 

Morais, A. M., & Fontes, A. (1995). Ideological uses of scientific knowledge: An idea to be introduced in the science classes. In F. Finley et al (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching (pp. 802-810). University of Minnesota.

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Neves, I. P., & Morais, A. M. (1996). Analysing family contexts: Importance on teachers' education. In M. O. Valente et al (Eds.), Teacher Training and Values Education – Selected papers from the 18th Conference of ATEE (pp. 781-792). Department of Education, School of Science University of Lisbon.

 

Silva, C., Silva, P., Passos, P., Morais, A. M., & Neves, I. P. (1995). Fraud in science: The sociology of science in the science classroom. In F. Finley et al (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching (pp. 1062-1067). University of Minnesota.

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