Primary English Education in Portugal
What is PEEP?
Primary English Education in Portugal (PEEP) is an inter-institutional network which has been set up to promote the engagement in and dissemination of investigation in the field of primary English education in Portugal. Its objectives are:
- To increase the profile of primary English education in Portugal.
- To disseminate research and best practices in primary English education in Portugal.
- To support and promote practitioner-based, classroom research and inquiry.
- To further opportunities for inter-institutional research activity.
PEEP was launched in September 2017 at the ‘PEEP2017 Meeting’, held in the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
Participants
Teacher educators and researchers from HEIs in Portugal are actively involved in the PEEP network activities.
- Mário Cruz and Cristina Pinto – Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico do Porto
- Elisabete Mendes Silva – Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
- José Reis Jorge – Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Lisboa
- Isabel Mendonça Orega – Universidade do Algarve
- Ana Raquel Simões; Ana Isabel Andrade– Universidade de Aveiro
- Ana Sofia Pinho – Faculdade de Letras and Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa.
- Flávia Vieira; Maria Alfredo Moreira – Instituto de Educação, Universidade do Minho
- Sandie Mourão; Carolyn Leslie; Lili Cavalheiro – FCSH, Universidade Nova Lisboa
Higher Education Institutions
There are now six Higher Education Institutions in Portugal which have the MA in Teaching English in 1st Cycle of Basic Education.
Research projects

TAM-bMOOC

Assessment in primary English education in Portugal: Teachers’ Perceptions and practices
October 2017 – December 2019
This is a research project led by Sandie Mourão (Nova University, Lisbon), with ...

TEYL in the practicum: mapping supervisory and teaching approaches
Mapping Approaches Project (MAp)
February 2018 – December 2020
Executive summary in English
Final report in ...
FAQs
How can I become a teacher of English in primary education in Portugal?
Documentation to help you can be found at Direcção-Geral da Administração Escolar