Mesquita, ElzaFormosinho, JoãoMachado, Joaquim2013-01-172013-01-172011Mesquita, Elza; Formosinho, João; Machado, Joaquim (2011). Transmissive teaching in primary school education: a case study of an in service program. In Atas da ISATT 2011 Conference. Braga: Universidade do Minho. ISBN 978-989-8525-00-0978-989-8525-00-0http://hdl.handle.net/10198/7949Assuming that a participatory pedagogy is more appropriate for the overall development of the child and for teaching in a diverse school, this paper investigates why an education supported by the standardization of methods and programs is so prevailing in Portuguese schools. The study is based on the guiding principles of Case Studies and aims to analyze the contributions of three programme of Continuing Education as enhancers of the changing of practices. The results emerging from the interviewees pointed out for an insufficient training for the practice of participatory education and for the importance of subject fragmentation as a constraining factor.engIntegrated teachingParticipatory pedagogyContinuous trainingCase studyconference paper