Monitoring Seminar of the Thesis Plan- Teacher Training

Recommended Prerequisites

Thematic PhD seminars

Teaching Methods

PhD students must be systematically accompanied by the supervisor in order to, at the end of the first year, submit the project, present it and discuss it through a public defense. The design and public presentation are the assessment elements of the Monitoring Seminar of the Thesis Plan. PhD students will be admitted as doctoral students if they obtain 16 marks as minimum grade in the public defense, in addition to positive assessments in thematic seminars. In the first season the project must be submitted until the 30^th of June and in the second season until the 30^th of September. The jury will consist of the teacher responsible for the monitoring seminar or by the PhD coordinator, the  supervisor(s) of the project and an examiner who may be a teacher at FPCEUC but that preferably is external to the PhD program or is a teacher external to FPCEUC. The duration of the Public Defense is 45 minutes (15 minute presentation + 15 minutes to the appreciation of the project by the examiners + 15 minute for the doctoral student’s response).

Learning Outcomes

1st Semester – To choose the topics and supervisor considering the development of the research project.

2nd Semester – To prepare the research project with the supervisor following a predefined guiding structure and public defense (July or September).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The PhD project should have the following structure:
Abstract
(maximum of 300 words; timeliness and relevance of the topic under study and key research questions or objectives – to capture the reader's attention to the research project)
Keywords
(maximum of 5 related to the object of study, with the themes analyzed)
State of the art
(maximum of 1200 words; literature review of the topic or topics to be addressed; should be made primarily based on the reference literature in the specialty area, for example, from articles with a meta-analysis of the subject under study, understanding the current research status, in order to develop proposals for further research in the area)
Identifying and defining the object of study
(maximum of 350 words; contextualization of the study to be performed from the literature review in the research area, specifying the objectives, questions and/or research hypotheses)
Detailed description of the project
(maximum of 1000 words, sample characterization and specification of the research project phases, with reference to the instruments to be constructed and validated as well as to the procedures used for data collection and analysis)
Project Schedule
(Gantt diagram with the different phases and the time devoted to them)
Bibliography (according to the APA norms)
(maximum of 40 references, according to APA rules 6th edition and Portuguese Journal of Education - standards for collaboration)
Annexes
 (for example, letters of introduction of the study, guidelines for interviews and questionnaires/scales used)

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Manuel Folgado Barreira

Bibliography

Inclui toda a bibliografia utilizada nos seminários temáticos do doutoramento, incluindo as temáticas específicas abordadas e as temáticas relativas à metodologia de investigação.

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Includes all the literature used in thematic seminars, including the specific issues addressed and the issues related to research methodology