ANA MARIA DE MATOS FERREIRA BASTOS

Ana Maria de Matos Ferreira Bastos serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Psychology at the School of Human and Social Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD). She holds leadership positions including Director of the Master's in Computer Science Education, Vice-Director of the Master's in Preschool Education and Primary School Teaching, and member of the Board of Directors for the Doctoral Program in Educational Sciences. She maintains affiliation with the CIIE – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativa da UP research center.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Educational Sciences from UTAD
• Master's in Education/Educational Technologies from the University of Minho

Her research centers on Educational Sciences with specialized focus on Communication and Educational Technologies and Primary School Teacher Training. She teaches courses in Communication and Educational Technologies and Supervised Teaching Practices for primary school teacher candidates, emphasizing practical integration of technology in educational settings. Her scholarly contributions span publications in these core areas.

She leads the UTAD team as scientific coordinator for the ERASMUS+ TeachersMOD Project (Future Elementary School Teachers Modernization in Kurdistan), collaborating with the University of Pavia (project coordinator), University of Granada, UNIMED, and three Iraqi Kurdistan universities. Additional academic service includes membership on the Scientific Committee for the Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) and the Meeting on Games and Mobile Learning, alongside peer reviewing for the Portuguese Journal of Education and Educatio Siglo XXI Journal.

Her advising responsibilities encompass master's students in Computer Science Education and Primary School Teacher Training programs, with direct supervision of teaching practices for prospective primary educators. The ERASMUS+ TeachersMOD project represents her primary grant activity. She actively participates in the CIIE research center and UTAD's international project teams.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.