Training Course: AIDUC - Freedom, Sustainability and Education: People and Planet in Dialogue

General Objectives of the Course

AIDUC - Freedom, Sustainability and Education: People and Planet in Dialogue - aims to provide accredited teacher training through the involvement of teachers and researchers from the University of Coimbra. The goal is to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge to positively influence forms of learning and teaching. At a time when Portugal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the conquest of freedom, but also when the planet is facing climate and geopolitical challenges that are crucial to its survival, it is importante to contribute to the ongoing training of teachers so that they can acquire knowledge and tools for pedagogical work, with a view to promoting peace and a culture of sustainability. It is also the University's mission to foster a critical attitude among those who teach and those who learn, bringing together disciplinary areas and programme content in a transversal way, with the potential for adaptation and replication.

Admission Requirements

Teachers, educators and trainee teachers of primary, secondary and pre-school education from all areas and levels of education may apply for the training course. The seriation of candidates is based on the following criteria: a) performance of functions / belonging to a School Grouping/Non-Grouped School board; b) performance of functions in a Private and Cooperative Education Institution.
Applications will be accepted from non-teaching candidates, depending on the number of vacancies after seriation of the teaching candidates.

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Mode of Study

Face-to-face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The final classification is represented on a scale of 1 to 10 points, where:

1 to 4.9 points – Insufficient; 5 to 6.4 points – Regular; 6.5 to 7.9 points - Good;
8 to 8.9 points - Very Good; 9 to 10 points – Excellent

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

The completion of the course should enable the trainees to: develop interdisciplinary work proposals, in which contents from different areas of knowledge are inserted, associating them to the students' daily life; develop diversified work forms and observation activities, which promote the questioning of reality and the integration of knowledge; organize teaching, foreseeing critical autonomy in the use of available information sources.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Rules of creation and operation of non-degree courses at the University of Coimbra

Study Programme

AIDUC - Liberdade, Sustentabilidade e Educação: Pessoas e PLaneta em Diálogo

Academic year
2023-2024

Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 12 HORAS

ECTS Credits: 0.5

Applications

Call for Applications

Accreditations

Conselho Científico-Pedagógico de Formação Contínua: 2024-06-19 a 2027-06-19