The Department of Integrated Studies on Literacy, Didactics and
Supervision (DISLDS) is a permanent subunit of the Institute of
Education (IE), for production and dissemination of knowledge in the
areas of Literacy, Didactics and Supervision. Its activity is targeted
to all educational system levels, including scholar and non-scholar
contexts, as well as to all activity sectors that provide lifelong
learning education and training services.
As far as teaching activities are concerned, the DISLDS teaching staff
intervenes in under-graduation programs, namely in the Licenciatura in
Education and in the Licenciatura in Basic Education, as well as in
several post-graduation programs. These include professionalizing
oriented masters programmes (in education, in preschool education, and
in teaching of a subject), research oriented masters programs and
doctoral programs, in Educational Sciences and in Child Studies.
DISLDS members develop research within two IE research centres: Research
Centre in Education (CIEd) and Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC).
National and international Research projects run by DILDS staff are
based on these research centres.
With regard to interaction with society, the DISLDS members develop
different types of actions and provide several types of services to
community members and institutions, by self-initiative or by request,
based upon the principle of reciprocal valorisation. These actions are
organized in articulation with the IE External Communication and
Dissemination Service.