Sociocultural animation and local development

Recommended Prerequisites

Students should have intermediate knowledge of written and spoken Portuguese, English and Spanish

Teaching Methods

This curricular unit gives priority to lectures and active learning methods, although other methods and strategies will be used in classes.Taking in consideration the theoretical-practical matrix of this Curricular Unit students will debate practical cases, discuss interventions, analyse documents (e.g., legal normatives), and compare practices (e.g., through the comparative analysis of projects and reports), all of those examples of active approaches. In adittion to content exposition interrogative (e.g., analysis of practices) and demonstrative methods will also be used.

Learning Outcomes

This course concerns the critical analysis of different models and methods of Social-cultural Animation and Local Development. Its main goal is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to design, develop, manage and evaluate different programs of Socialcultural Animation and Local Development.

Learning outcomes

Students should be able to:

1. Critically analyze the conceptual and practical specificities of the field of Socio-Cultural Animation and Local Development;

2. Design, develop and evaluate Social-cultural and Local Development Animation Projects and Programs;

3. Analyze different variables involved in the management and development of Social-cultural Animation and Local Development projects and programs.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Socio-cultural Animation: Definitions and contexts

II. Social-cultural Animation as a major field in the paradigm of Lifelong learning and

Adult Education

III. Conceptual models of Socio-cultural Animation

IV. Contexts and target populations of Socio-cultural Animation projects and programs

V. Socio-cultural Animation and community development

VI. Socio-cultural Animation and educational communities

VII. Socio-cultural Animation and sustainable development

VIII. Design and development of Socio-cultural Animation projects and programs

IX. Specific methods and intervention techniques of Socio-cultural Animation projects

and programs

X. Evaluation of Socio-cultural Animation projects and programs

XI. Management procedures in organizations and cultural projects

XII. Socio-cultural Animation: Future challenges

XIII. Research trends, presentation and discussion of Socio-cultural Animation projects and program.

Head Lecturer(s)

Albertina Lima Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Avaliação contínua: Midterm exam: 50% +Project: 50%: 100.0%

Assessement
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Costa, C. (2010). Animação sociocultural: Profissão e profissionalização dos animadores. Porto: LivPsic.

Costa, C. (2011). Animação sociocultural: Voluntariado e cidadania ativa. Porto: LivPsic.

Lopes, M. S. (2008). Animação Sociocultural em Portugal. Porto: LivPsic.

Lopes, M. (2011). Metodologias de investigação em animação sociocultural. Porto: LicPsic.

Lopes, M. & Pereira, J. (2011). Fronteiras da animação sociocultural. Porto: LivPsic.

Lopes, M.; Pereira, J. & Vieites, M. (2008). Animação Sociocultural: Desafios do Sec. XXI. Porto: LivPsic.

Merino, J. V. (1997). Programas de Animación Sociocultural. Tres instrumentos  para su diseño y evaluación. Madrid: Narcea.

Peres, A. & Lopes, M. (2007). Animação Sociocultural: Novos Desafios. Porto: LivPsic.

Rueda, L. G. (2001). Métodos para la Animación Sociocultural. Madrid: CCS.

Trilla, J. (1998). Animación Sociocultural. Teorías, programas y âmbitos. Barcelona: Ariel.