About the Author:
Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira, has a Ph.D in Teacher Education, University of London, Institute of Education (2005), MA in Linguistics and Portuguese, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP (2001) and BA in Portuguese, English and Literature, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Unioeste (1990). She is currently a lecturer at the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Paraná, Brazil, teaching in the undergraduate course of Arts (Teaching: English and Teaching Practice). She also teaches in the MA Programme of Language Studies (Teaching: Teacher Education Development). She has one book published in Brazil, Formação de Professores Raça/Etnia (Coluna do Saber, 2006); and also edited three other books, PEAB Projeto de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros (Unioeste, 2008); Formação de Professores de Línguas: Gêneros Textuais em Práticas Sociais (Unioeste, 2008) and Formação de Professores de Línguas: Investigações e Intervenções (Edunioeste, 2009). She has published several articles in journals in Brazil, the UK and Spain. She has experience in the field of Applied Linguistics, with emphasis on teacher education, mainly in the following areas: teacher education development; teaching practice; teaching and learning of foreign language; critical literacy and the construction of social identities (race relations).
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