Psychological Intervention in School Contexts
4
2014-2015
02017933
Psychology
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable
Learning Outcomes
Identify school contexts where psychologist intervention is necessary
Enumerate psychological intervention tasks from pre-school to higher education
Describe localised functions of the Psychologist
Know and understand intervention examples
Professional in-put to the team
Analyse psycho-educational assessment techniques and instruments
Read and write reports with reference to the CIF (Classification of Functioning and Disability)
Study cases of alternative curriculum routes, adapted curriculum and individual education plans
Carefully select programmes that support study and learning
Planning study method sessions and learning strategies
Review programmes promoting skills, with emphasis on the cognitive and metacognitive (and reference to literacy, numeracy and problem solving)
Put into practice alternative forms of assessment (dynamic)
Rehearse methods of communication management between both formal and informal education agents and other entities
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Psychological intervention in school settings, from preschool to higher education
Samples of intervention in a school
Psychologist participation in a team
Communication management
School guidance and support at study and learning
Self-Regulation
Adjustment to school
Ethnic and cultural diversity
Cognitive Promoting Programme and its implementation in Portugal
• Instrumental Enrichment (R. Feuerstein, 1980)
• Philosophy for Children (Lipman et al, 1984)
• Project Intelligence (Harvard, 1983)
• IDEAL (Bransford & Stein, 1984)
• Applied intelligence, creative and analytical (Sternberg, 1986)
• Progresint (Yuste et al. 1994)
• Lateral Thinking (De Bono, 1971) and other
Reference to programmes of social skills and emotional management, focusing on:
Multiple Intelligence
Creativity
Games as a tool for psychological evaluation and intervention
Head Lecturer(s)
Ana Paula Mendes Correia Couceiro Figueira
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Project: 25.0%
Resolution Problems: 75.0%
Bibliography
Almeida, L.S., et al. (2009). Manual- Programa de Promoção Cognitiva (5ª ed). Braga: Psiquilíbrios.
Figueira, A.P.C. (1997). Aprendizagem auto-regulada. Considerações gerais. RPP, 31(1, 2, 3), 239-260.
Julià, F.F. (2005). O Psicopedagogo e os novos desafios educativos, in B. del R. Igea e col., Presente e Futuro do trabalho psicopedagógico. Porto Alegre: Artmed.
Lopes, J., Rutherford, R., Cruz, M.C., Mathur, S., & Quinn, M. (2006). Competências Sociais: Aspectos Comportamentais, Emocionais e da Aprendizagem. Braga: Psiquilibrios.
Maher, C.A. & Zins, J.E. (1987) (eds). Intervenções psicoeducacionais em contextos educativos. Métodos e procedimentos para potenciar a competência dos alunos. NY: Pergamon Press.
Monteiro, A., Moreira, J.A., & Almeida, A.C. (Org.) (2012). Educação online: Pedagogia e aprendizagem em plataformas digitais. Santo Tirso: De Facto Editores.