(University of Évora CIEC, Portugal)
Ângela Balça Professor at the University of Évora (Portugal) and Senior Researcher at the CIEC - Research Centre on Child Studies, University of Minho (Portugal). Ph.D. in Sciences Education (University of Évora). Director of the Degree in Basic Education (pre-school and primary education). Visiting Professor at Paulista State University (São Paulo, Brazil). She has supervised/supervises Doctoral theses and Master theses. She is a regular reviewer of national and international scientific events and journals in the field of the teaching of language and literature. Her interests are literary education, children’s literature, readers training, teaching of language and literature.