Education, municipalities and local development
1
2014-2015
02024516
Education Sciences
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
4.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
In the curricular unit various teaching methods will be considered, with emphasis on expository and active methods, being used diverse strategies of teaching and learning.
Learning Outcomes
This curricular unit has the main purpose of promoting a reflection based on the size and capacity of local intervention in education. Learning outcomes are the following:
To define and characterize the scope of educational action and its manifestations in non-formal, formal and informal areas.
To define different development concepts situating them in time.
To characterize sustainable development and human development.
To define municipality in the perspective of Public Administration and Law.
To outline the main provisions of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic on municipalities.
To identify and characterize different periods within the relation between municipalities and education.
To appreciate different mechanisms and instruments of strategic planning in municipalities.
To characterize the powers and competences of local municipalities in education.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1- Education and development.
2- The Local Management of Education.
3- Education and municipalities.
4- Educational Projects and local development. The challenge of the Educating City and the possibility of civic and educational centres.
Head Lecturer(s)
António Gomes Alves Ferreira
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Assessment will always consists of two or more moments: for example, an exam and the preparation of a paper, and will be previously defined with student.: 100.0%
Bibliography
Fernandes, A. Sousa (2005). Contextos da intervenção educativa local e a experiência dos municípios portugueses. In Formosinho, J. et al. Administração da Educação – Lógicas burocráticas e lógicas de mediação. Porto: Asa.
Ferreira, F. Ilídio (2005). O Local em Educação-animação, gestão e parceria. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Pinhal, João (2012). Os municípios portugueses e a educação. Treze anos de intervenções (1991-2003). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.
Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano 2013 - A Ascensão do Sul: Progresso Humano num Mundo Diversificado. Publicado pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). http://www.un.cv/files/HDR2013%20Report%20Portuguese.pdf
Ribeiro, Arnaldo (2007). Governância municipal. Cidadania e governação nas câmaras municipais portuguesas. Viana do Castelo: CER.
Villar, Mª B. Caballo(2001). A cidade Educadora de Organização e Intervenção Municipal. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.