My name is Emily Charters Morais.

My favourite subject is science. I´m Physics and Chemistry teacher.

I was born in Angola and I´m a high/secondary school teacher in Portugal.

I like to swim, but my favourite hobby is watching movies and listening music.

My favourite food is curry and my favourite drink is coffee.

I like the beach because there are sun, salt water and a sea sound and smell.

I´m trying to improve my English because I like travelling and I need to learn English vocabulary in order to communicate.

That´s me!

The education system in Portugal is free and compulsory until the age of 18, when students complete the 12th grade. 

The Basic Education (Ensino Básico) lasts for nine years divided into three stages of four, two and three years respectively. The stages are respectively 1º Ciclo (1st Cycle), 2º Ciclo (2nd Cycle) and 3º Ciclo (3rd Cycle). A Diploma/Certificate is awarded at the end of the third stage. 

The Secondary Education (Ensino Secundário) is compulsory since the school year of 2012/2013 and consists of a three-year cycle after Basic Education.

Portugal has two main systems of higher education:

- The university system: It´s composed of public universities, and several private universities and university institutes.

- The polytechnic system: that began offering higher education in the 1980´s after the former industrial and commercial schools were converted into engineering and administration higher education schools. 

Assessment is “the process of collecting information about the characteristics of persons or objects by measuring them” (Hosp & Ardoin, 2008, p.69) and can help teachers improve their classroom practices from year to year, for diagnostic, with a formative purpose. For the same authors evaluation is “the process of using information collected through assessment to take decisions or reach conclusions, such as those for planning” as an act of passing judgement on the basis of setting standards, with a summative purpose. 

After reviewing about assessment and evaluation, I will be clear that those are different concepts. 

While the assessment is process targeted, evaluation is product targeted. While assessment is concerned in correcting un-evens in one’s performance, evaluation involves making judgments.

Assessment is target to identify the level of performance of an individual, whereas evaluation is performed to determine the degree to which goals are attained.

Although, they are a crucial role in analyzing and refining the performance of a person, project or others educational processes.

The school where I’m in job is located in a small town by middle Portugal. Attached, you will find the link the for my school presentation.