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The research supported this article was developed by the University of Porto (Portugal) and European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) as part of the European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching (EFFECT) project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
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