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Sensors should be integrated into teacher education, as they are essential tools in the digital practices needed for full participation in society. Electronic sensors can be used as laboratory/scientific tools, as everyday mobile learning tools, and as epistemic mediators in several scientific fields, as well as in interdisciplinary approaches. In this way, electronic sensors can play multiple roles in the main dimensions of teacher education. The aim of the research presented in this paper was to create a framework for the research-based and interdisciplinary use of sensors in elementary teacher education, based on the thematic analysis of seven case studies implemented in Portugal. The thematic categories used in the cross-case analysis were fundamental in revealing the different roles played by sensors in the different phases of the didactic sequences of the cases. Subsequently, the thematic analysis made it possible to identify patterns of affordances of sensors and to relate the multiple roles of electronic sensors to different areas of the Portuguese elementary teacher education model. The research synthesis made it possible to outline the framework perspectives. The resulting framework systematized and highlighted the affordances of sensors in pre-service and in-service elementary teacher education as scientific, epistemic, interdisciplinary, and didactic mediators. These affordances were revealed to be particularly important in data-driven inquiry problem-solving, pedagogical content knowledge, and professional knowledge development. The framework created can be expanded in future related research.

Future teachers first come into contact with diversified teaching strategies, such as Project-Based Learning, in initial teacher education programmes. Such strategies contrast with the type of methods that they experienced throughout their own schooling, which are essentially teacher centred. The present research aims to understand how Project-Based Learning is being integrated into the curriculum of primary school teachers’ initial teacher education programmes. The participants were three higher education institutions located in different regions of Portugal, all of which offer initial teacher education programmes for primary school teachers that include Project-Based Learning at some point. The data were collected through document analysis of the programmes’ curricula, as well as through semi-structured interviews with the programme coordinators in each institution. The results show that the institutions value Project-Based Learning and make an effort to include it in their programmes, whether in theoretical, didactical or practical terms. However, they encounter some difficulties in promoting more significant experiences that would enable the students to feel confident to use this strategy in their Supervised Teaching Practice internships. Bodoči učitelji prvič pridejo v stik z raznolikimi strategijami poučevanja, kot je na primer projektno učenje, v programih začetnega izobraževanja učiteljev. Takšne strategije so v nasprotju z vrsto metod, ki so jih izkusili med svojim šolanjem, ki so bile pretežno osredinjene na učitelja. Ta raziskava skuša razumeti, kako je projektno učenje vključeno v učni načrt programa začetnega izobraževanja osnovnošolskih učiteljev. Udeležence predstavljajo trije visokošolski zavodi iz različnih portugalskih regij, pri čemer vsi ponujajo programe začetnega izobraževanja osnovnošolskih učiteljev, ki na neki točki vključujejo projektno učenje. Podatki so bili zbrani z analizo dokumentov učnih načrtov, prav tako s polstrukturiranimi intervjuji s koordinatorji programov na vsaki izmed omenjenih ustanov. Rezultati kažejo, da zavodi cenijo projektno učenje in se ga trudijo vključiti v svoje programe, pa naj bo to v teoretičnem, didaktičnem ali v praktičnem smislu. Srečujejo pa se z nekaterimi težavami pri spodbujanju pomenljivih izkušenj, ki bi pri študentih stimulirale samozavestno rabo te strategije pri njihovem nadzorovanem pedagoškem usposabljanju.

Future teachers first come into contact with diversified teaching strategies, such as Project-Based Learning, in initial teacher education programmes. Such strategies contrast with the type of methods that they experienced throughout their own schooling, which are essentially teacher centred. The present research aims to understand how Project-Based Learning is being integrated into the curriculum of primary school teachers' initial teacher education programmes. The participants were three higher education institutions located in different regions of Portugal, all of which offer initial teacher education programmes for primary school teachers that include Project-Based Learning at some point. The data were collected through document analysis of the programmes' curricula, as well as through semi-structured interviews with the programme coordinators in each institution. The results show that the institutions value Project-Based Learning and make an effort to include it in their programmes, whether in theoretical, didactical or practical terms. However, they encounter some difficulties in promoting more significant experiences that would enable the students to feel confident to use this strategy in their Supervised Teaching Practice internships. (DIPF/Orig.).

Durante o seu percurso académico na formação inicial, os futuros professores entram em contacto com metodologias ativas de ensino diversificadas, tais como a Metodologia de Trabalho de Projeto, que contrastam com o tipo de metodologias essencialmente centradas no professor, que experienciaram na sua escolaridade. Devido ao confronto com as suas experiências pessoais, os estudantes demonstram algumas dificuldades na apropriação e implementação destas metodologias durante a sua prática de ensino supervisionada e nos primeiros anos de serviço docente, enquanto professores.Este estudo tem como objetivo perceber de que modo a Metodologia de Trabalho de Projeto, abordada na formação inicial, se reflete nas práticas e no desenvolvimento profissional dos professores do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, já que se traduz numa metodologia contrastante com as conceções dos estudantes em formação inicial e promotora do desenvolvimento de competências e aprendizagens dos alunos. Procura perceber a natureza e aplicação da abordagem desta metodologia na formação inicial, de que forma os futuros professores e professores em início de carreira a mobilizam no contexto das suas práticas educativas e quais os contributos para o seu desenvolvimento profissional.O estudo utiliza uma abordagem metodológica qualitativa e situa-se no paradigma interpretativo-fenomenológico, utilizando o designde estudo de caso múltiplo. As principais técnicas de recolha de dados são a entrevista semiestruturada, a entrevista em grupo focal e a análise documental.Os resultados mostram que as instituições de ensino superior se preocupam com a integração da Metodologia de Trabalho de Projeto na formação inicial de professores, embora a sua abordagem seja insuficiente para que os futuros professores e professores em início de carreira a implementem nas suas práticas educativas com confiança. Revelam também a necessidade de um maior acompanhamento das instituições durante a fase de indução dos professores, de modo a apoiar os mesmos durante os constrangimentos desta etapa, incentivando a utilização de metodologias ativas de ensino e contribuindo para uma fase inicial do seu desenvolvimento profissional.