DILI, 05 april 2022 (TATOLI) – More than 20 lecturers and 40 students from the Department of Portuguese Language and Basic Education Teacher Training, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities (FEAH), from the National University of Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) attend a course in pedagogy and didactics of children’s literature.
The European Union project PROCULTURA PALOP-TL aims to train university professors and students in the use of children’s literature as a teaching-learning resource.
The Portuguese Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Manuela Bairos, stressed that this initiative will contribute to strengthening the training of teachers and future teachers “to the extent that training is provided in Portuguese, but with a focus on an area as noble as literature children and youth”, said the ambassador on the sidelines of the opening session of the training, at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of Portugal in Dili.
Manuela Bairos recalled the Portuguese Executive’s commitment to linguistic and literary training, as Portugal has a long-standing relationship with UNTL – a public university in Timor-Leste, that its vision committed to train and graduate its students with a high intellectual level, predisposed to research and scientific pursuit, to provide the trainees with human values that are fruitful for the national conscience, providing them with a sense of service in favor of the well-being and prosperity of fellow citizens, including to promote understanding, harmony and solidarity between cultures and peoples.
The Counselor for Political Affairs of the European Union Delegation in Timor-Leste, Dorthe Wacker, said, in turn, that the organization is proud to support PROCULTURA in its actions and activities aimed at providing a better future for children in Timor-Leste.
“Teaching a passion for books is the most important thing you can teach a child. With a passion for books, choices increase, new worlds appear, and the future opens up in a much wider and more colorful way,” She said.
Echoing the statement of the Portuguese ambassador, Dean of Academic Affairs at FEAH, Elvis Fernandes Brites da Cruz, said that the students selected to attend this training are mostly finalists
“I hope that students take advantage of this opportunity and apply what they learn in this training to the pedagogical internship”, he said.
The training takes place between april 4th and 5th and is given by Miguel Gullander, PhD in Linguistics, Languages and Literatures and Master in Pedagogy for Development.
PROCULTORA PALOP-TL is an action of the Multiannual Indicative Program, financed by the European Union, co-financed and managed by Camões, IP and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, cultural and creative in the PALOP and Timor-Leste.
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