Background
Fonseca, Jesuína Maria do Brito was born on April 21, 1946 in Santa Bárbara de Nexes, Algarve, Portugal. Daughter of Sebastião Guerreiro Fonseca and Maria Pires Brito.
Fonseca, Jesuína Maria do Brito was born on April 21, 1946 in Santa Bárbara de Nexes, Algarve, Portugal. Daughter of Sebastião Guerreiro Fonseca and Maria Pires Brito.
Bachelor in Physics, University Lisbon, Portugal, 1969. License, University Lisbon, Portugal, 1974. Master in Curriculum and Instruction, University Texas, Austin, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1985.
Teacher secondary school, Portugal, 1969—1978. Instructor University Lisbon, 1978—1984. Teaching assistant University Iowa, Iowa City, 1980—1983.
Coordinator professor University Algarve, Portugal, 1986—1991, assistant professor, 1991—1996, associate professor, since 1996. Consultant journals, since 1994.
Member of Centro Investigação en Educação, AETS, AAPT.
Married Joseph Edward Conboy, April 7, 1980.