Publications

Books, articles and conference papers

Published in English, German and Portuguese, across mathematics education, STEAM, textbook analysis, and public policy. Earlier work appears under the name Bernardino.

Books and chapters

2026 · Book chapter

Kollaboratives Lernen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz in interdisziplinären projektbasierten Lernumgebungen

Da Cruz, M. C.; Barreiros, C.; Silva, N.; Dennerlein, S. M.
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2025 · Guide, STEAM Kitchen project

Integrating Home Economics and STEAM: A Guide to Interdisciplinary Learning for Sustainability

Paas, K.; Taar, J.; Vänt, T.; and colleagues
Full text. Also published in Estonian, Finnish (Kotitalous ja STEAM) and Norwegian (Integrering av Mat og Helse og STEAM).

Journal articles

Under review · Journal of Rural Studies

Ethnomathematics, gender and rural education: an intersectional analysis of pedagogical practices in a rural family house

Da Cruz, M.; Hartmann, A. L. B.; Maltempi, M. V.; Lavicza, Z.
Under review · International Journal of STEM Education

A systematic review of physical activity integration in STE(A)M education: pedagogical approaches, learning outcomes, and the PA-STE(A)M framework

Da Cruz, M.; Lau, J.; Ignjatovic, A.; Lavicza, Z.
2025 · Paradigma, vol. XLVI(1), 1–24

Proposição de Problemas no ensino de Matemática: a formação docente a partir de reflexões sobre casos de ensino

Possamai, J. P.; Allevato, N. S. G.; Da Cruz, M. C.
doi:10.37618/PARADIGMA.1011-2251.2025.e2025008.id1714
2024 · London Review of Education, vol. 22(1), 1–15

Cross-cultural examination of 3D modelling and 3D printing in STEAM education: comparing results from teachers in Montenegro and Austria

Ulbrich, E.; Da Cruz, M.; Anđić, B.; Tejera, M.; Dana-Picard, N. T.; Lavicza, Z.
doi:10.14324/LRE.22.1.12
2020 · South American Development Society Journal, vol. 6(18), 82–100

Diagnóstico antrópico: impacto ambiental no trecho norte do Rodoanel na região metropolitana de São Paulo

Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.; Lima, P. F.; Bonini, L. M. M.; Almeida-Scabbia, R. J.
2020 · Cadernos de Pesquisa, vol. 50, 56–76

Vertentes epistemológicas das políticas públicas: entre as análises descritiva e prescritiva

Ramacciotti, B. L.; Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.
doi:10.1590/198053146645
2019 · International Journal of Innovation Education and Research, vol. 7(3), 1361–1371

Welfare state: an analysis of the education development indices in the Brazilian education system

Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.; Ramacciotti, B. L.
doi:10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss3.1361
2019 · Global Research in Higher Education, vol. 2(4), 129–140

Homotransphobia in Brazil: from school to society

Ribeiro, E. P. S.; Da Cruz, M. C.
doi:10.22158/grhe.v2n4p129
2019 · International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, vol. 7(2), 142–152

The role of the social educator and the search of professionalism in Brazil

Porteró, C. S. S.; Da Cruz, M. C.; Freitas, V. R. A.
doi:10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss3.1360
2018 · Diálogos Interdisciplinares, vol. 7(2), 142–152

O desenvolvimento e a aprendizagem

Fleury, Q. L. A.; Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.; Prados, R. M. N.
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Conference papers

2026 · IDEAS'26 International Conference

Formative Assessment and Digital Portfolio in an Interdisciplinary Context: A Higher Education Experience

Da Cruz, M. C.; Barreiros, C.; Dennerlein, S. M.
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2025 · ECER, Network 33: Gender and Education

Between discrimination and posthuman possibilities: a STEAM framework for queer/LGBT+ empowerment

Da Cruz, M. C.
2025 · ECER

A systematic review on integration of physical activities in STEAM education: trends and best practices

Lau, J.; Ignjatovic, A.; Fenyvesi, K.; Da Cruz, M. C.; Lavicza, Z.
Abstract
2025 · CERME 14, TWG10 · Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Exploring educational resources through sociopolitical lenses: initial insights from a study of mathematics textbooks

Da Cruz, M. C.; Andrade, L. V.; Perovano, A. P.; Lavicza, Z.
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2024 · ICME-15 · Sydney, Australia

Canadian textbooks and interlocutions with textbook analysis: a review

Da Cruz, M. C.; Amaral-Schio, R. B.; Andrade Vieira, L.
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2024 · ICME-15 · Sydney, Australia

New high school, PNLD and textbooks: changes in Brazil

Da Cruz, M. C.; Schio, R. A. · icme15.org
2022 · XIV ENEM · Brasília, Brazil

Função quadrática: um olhar para dois livros didáticos

Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.; Noro, I. M.; Crestani, M. M.
Proceedings
2022 · 1º Colóquio de Livros Didáticos de Matemática · UNESP, Rio Claro

Mapeamento das publicações sobre a análise de livros didáticos nas últimas três edições do ENEM: o caso da geometria

Lima, A. F.; Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.
Colloquium site
2021 · XXV EBRAPEM · UEPB, Campina Grande

Livros didáticos de matemática do Canadá: um enfoque em geometria nos anos finais

Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.
Proceedings
2019 · IV Encontro Internacional Participação, Democracia e Políticas Públicas

Uma análise dos índices de desenvolvimento da educação em escolas municipais de Mogi das Cruzes

Da Cruz Bernardino, M. C.; Freitas, V. R. A.
Symposium

Theses

2025 · PhD · São Paulo State University (UNESP)

Beyond the Pages: cultural and linguistic aspects of Canadian textbooks

UNESP repository · Full text
2020 · MA · University of Mogi das Cruzes

Analysis of Public Education Policies: evaluation of the education index in Brazil
2017 · BSc · Paulista University

R as an intelligence tool for learning statistics

Indexing

Scopus Author IDs 59151190800 and 57209241334. Publications appear under Da Cruz, Da Cruz Bernardino, and Bernardino. Two co-authored papers in the Journal of Coloproctology (2019, 2021) fall outside this field and are listed on ORCID.