Associate Fellow
Ana Teresa Brito
C/o CEDAR
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Tel: 024 7652 3638
Fax: 024 7652 4472
Email: A.T.Brito@warwick.ac.uk
Teaching & Researching
My professional and academic path always complemented each other, conducting to research trails based on lived experiences, and to questions that emerged from them. This complementarity was mainly present from 2001, when I became a teacher of future early childhood educators and teachers in the field of Special Education and Early Childhood Intervention.
In recent years (2008-2012), I developed, implemented and coordinated a Master in Early Childhood Intervention that particularly motivated me to study pre-service and in-service training in this area, leading to several national and international peer-reviewed academic conference papers.
At present, I am doing a Post-Doctoral research concerning training practices in Early Childhood Intervention in the United Kingdom and Portugal, aiming to describe, analyze and articulate contents and training processes, with the ultimate purpose of establishing practical and research based recommendations for professional training in this field.
Qualifications & Memberships
PhD in Children’s Studies, Special Education Needs (2009)
Institute of Children's Studies, University of Minho, Braga
MA in Education Sciences, Learning Orientation (2003)
Institute of Education, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Lisbon
Post-graduation and specialization in Special Needs Education - cognitive, motor and multiple disabilities (1999)
Jean Piaget Institute of Education - Jean Piaget College, Almada
BA (Honours) in Early Childhood Education (1986)
Maria Ulrich College, Lisbon
In Portugal, I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazelton/Gomes-Pedro Foundation for Child and Family Studies and a researcher at the Unit for Educational Research and Development (Faculty of Science and Technology - New University of Lisbon).
I am also a member of the Council for Exceptional Children – The Division for Early Childhood and of the International Society on Early Intervention.
