Mario Cruz

Mário Cruz is an Associate Professor in Foreign Language Teaching (English and Spanish), at the School of Education of the Polytechnic of Porto, where he teaches Spanish as a Foreign Language, Hispano-American Literatures and Cultures, English Teaching in Primary Education, Didactic Resources in Teaching English and supervises the pedagogical practice of future teachers. He is also an integrated researcher at inED - Center for Research and Innovation in Education at the School of Education of the Polytechnic of Porto and a collaborator at CIDTFF at the University of Aveiro. Being professionalized in recruitment groups 120 - English, 220 - Portuguese and English, 330 - English, 340 - German, 350 - Spanish and 910 - Special Education, he has worked as a teacher in public schools of basic and secondary education, since the school year of 2001-2002 until the school year 2013-2014. He also collaborated at the Paula Frassinetti School of Education (from 2003 to 2012) where he taught English Language, English Language Didactics, Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Information and Communication Technologies in Inclusive Education Contexts, Educational Technologies in English Teaching, Deep Issues of Differentiated Intervention, among other curricular units. He holds a PhD in Didactics and Professional Development from the University of Aveiro, a PhD in Linguistic Studies from the University of Vigo and a MA in Language Didactics (University of Aveiro), Teaching English and Spanish in Basic Education (Polytechnic of Porto - Escola Superior de Educação) and Teaching English and Spanish at the 3rd of Basic Education and Secondary Education (University of Aveiro). His main doctoral theses and dissertations and MA's reports focus on: critical hyper-pedagogy, the intercultural and multilingual approach, the use of technologies in the teaching-learning process and linguistic and cultural varieties. He is currently coordinator of the thematic line “Teacher Training” at inED, where he directs the research projects: “CLIL 4 U - implementation, monitoring and evaluation of bilingual teaching projects”, “PEPPA 6/7 - Primary English Practice Program for Ages 6/7”, “Schoolers and Scholars (SnS): Role-Playing Games (RPG) in the teaching and learning process at Primary Education” and “VarLang - Linguistic and cultural varieties in the teaching of foreign languages”.

Publications

Fostering Pedagogy Through Micro and Adaptive Learning in Higher Education: Trends, Tools, and Applications
Fostering Pedagogy Through Micro and Adaptive Learning in Higher Education: Trends, Tools, and Applications
Ricardo Queirós, Mario Cruz, Carla Pinto, Daniela Mascarenhas. © 2023. 376 pages.
Fostering Pedagogy Through Micro and Adaptive Learning in Higher Education: Trends, Tools, and Applications is a timely and groundbreaking book that addresses the challenges of...
Creating a Culture of Innovation: The Case of the Pedagogical Innovation Center at the Polytechnic of Porto
Creating a Culture of Innovation: The Case of the Pedagogical Innovation Center at the Polytechnic of Porto
Ricardo Alexandre Peixoto de Queiros, Mário Cruz, Carla Pinto, Daniela Mascarenhas. © 2023. 13 pages.
In this chapter, we describe the design and implementation of a Pedagogical Innovation Center (PIC) at the Polytechnic of Porto. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our day to day...