Portugal has a compulsory 12-year education system between ages 6-18. Education is free and universal from age 4. Evaluation is both formative and summative, as well as internal and external, with external exams given at various stages. Basic education lasts 9 years and is divided into cycles, with the goal of providing a common background. The school participates in numerous Erasmus+ projects to promote mobility, cultural exchange, and 21st century skills among students and teachers from multiple countries. Teachers and students report benefits from exchanges including modernized classrooms, use of technology, increased motivation and interest in travel and life beyond their island.
6. Education in Portugal:
Compulsory education lasts 12 years, between the age of six and 18 or until the
conclusion of upper secondary education (ISCED 3). Public education is free
and universal from the age of four, including the final years of pre-school.
Evaluation in the Portuguese educational system is both formative and
summative, as well as internal and external. There is external evaluation of
learning at all ISCED levels: low-stakes tests (national, non-graded
diagnostic evaluation to assess knowledge and improve learning) in the
intermediate grades (2nd, 5th and 8th) of the 1st and 2nd and 3rd cycles of
basic education (ISCED 1) and national final exams at the end of basic
education (ISCED 2), in the 9th grade.
Education System
7. Basic education (ISCED 1 and 2)
Basic education is universal, compulsory, free and lasts nine years. It is divided into
three sequential cycles; each should complete and build upon the previous one from a
global perspective:
the first cycle (CITE 1) corresponds to the first four years of schooling (grades one
to four).
the second cycle (CITE 1) corresponds to the next two years (grades five and six).
the third cycle (CITE 2) lasts for three years and corresponds to lower secondary
education (grades seven to nine).
The guiding principles of curriculum organisation and management aim to ensure a
common general background education for all citizens, via the acquisition of
fundamental knowledge and skills that allow further study.
Education System
8. Become a 21st Century
School
European active School
TOGETHER WE MAKE SUCCESS!
Our Goals
16. ERASMUS KA2
LEARNING BY DOING 2018-2020
5 Countries: Portugal, Finland, Romania, UK, Italy
2nd and 4th Grades
ONLINE LEARNING USING THE EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
4 Countries: Portugal, Greece, Spain, Germany
7th, 8th, 9th grades
BUILDING 21ST CENTURY COMPETENCIES:LEARNING FROM THE
PAST
4 Countries: Portugal, France, Poland, Greece
7th, 8th, 9th grades
17. ERASMUS KA2
HAPPY CHILDREN 2020-2022
6 Countries: Portugal, Spain, Romania, Turkey, Italy,
Slovenian
Kindergarten and 1st graders
ECOMATES 2020-2022
5 Countries: Portugal, Greece, Estonia, France, Spain
Kindergarten and 1st graders
WHERE IS BEAUTY? 2020-2022
6 Countries: Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Norway, Spain, Bulgaria
5th and 6th grades
19. ERASMUS KA2
SHAPES OF WATER 2020-2022
4 Countries: Portugal, Czech Republic, Iceland, Finland
7th, 8th, 9th grades
20. AFTER EUROPE...
TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES
NEW CLASSROOM DISPOSITION CREATES MODERN LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS
NEW SCHOOL EVALUATION CRITERIA FOLLOWING THE NEW
STUDENTS' PROFILE BY THE END OF COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
BYOD - TOPA BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE
NEW APPS IN EVERYDAY LIFE IN OUR CLASSROOM SUCH AS
KAHOOT, PLICKERS, POWTOON,
THE MOBILE PHONE BECOME AN IMPORTANT KEY TOOL FOR
LEARNING MOTIVATION
21. AFTER EUROPE...
TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES
STUDENTS' BEHAVIOUR
TOWARDS EUROPE
MOTIVATION TO
TRAVEL
LEARN MORE ABOUT
LIFE BEYOND THE
ISLAND
23. SELF-EVALUATION MODEL
Classes' observation
Teachers' meetings
Formal school documents analysis
SHARING IDEAS AND GOOD PRACTICES BETWEEN TEACHERS
FOLLOWING ECCEO
Created by Xavier Navarro (Chavarria y Borell, 2013)
Monitored by the European Forum on Educational Administration
in Barcelona