Terezinha Nunes (born 3 October 1947) is a British-Brazilian
clinical psychologist and academic, specialising in children's
literacy
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and
numeracy, and
deaf children's learning. Since 2005, she has been
Professor
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of Educational Studies at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
and a
Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
of
Harris Manchester College, Oxford
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.
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'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201
accessed 3 Oct 2017
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Nunes previously taught at the Federal University of Minas Gerais
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, and the University of Pernambuco; both in Brazil. She then moved to the United Kingdom where she taught at the Institute of Education
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, University of London
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(rising to be Professor of Education, Child Development and Learning), and at Oxford Brookes University (as Professor of Psychology and Head of Department). She then moved to the University of Oxford.
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References
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1947 births
Living people
British psychologists
British women psychologists
Brazilian psychologists
Brazilian women psychologists
Cognitive psychologists
Psychology educators
Educational psychologists
Fellows of Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Academics of the UCL Institute of Education
Academics of Oxford Brookes University