Thematic Seminars in the field of Continuous Education and Adults Training I

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lecturing. Analyze and topics discussion.

Learning Outcomes

-To deepen current scientific knowledge with relevance to the cycle of studies and respective area of expertise.

-To promote the capacity of critical reflection and intervention in contexts of lifelong education and training of adults in order to carry out research projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Permanent Education (PE) &adult training in the context of the history of education

Adult Education & Training (AET): construction of an epistemological domain and of a field of practices with own specificity

The challenge of PE: Origins, meaning and development of the concept

Challenges of Lifelong Education & Training (LET) in contemporary societies (CS): Specificities of educational intervention with adults in risk of social exclusion

The construction of the autonomy of the subject within the framework of permanent education: theoretical models & research challenges

Concepts, theories and challenges of learning and development (LD) in youth and adulthood

Lifelong Training in CS: challenges to educational intervention in adults & the elderly with long severe deprivation trajectories

Philosophical foundations and theoretical models of AET

Challenges of the AET given the transformations of work and employment today

Concepts,theories and challenges of LD in adulthood & old age

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Oral presentation and discussion in the classroom of the synthesis work: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Barros, R. (2013). Educação de adultos: Conceitos, processos e marcos históricos, da globalização ao contexto português. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.

Dave, R. H. (1979). Fundamentos de la educación permanente. Madrid: Santillana.

De Natale, M. L. (2003). La edad adulta, una nueva etapa para educarse. Madrid: Narcea.

Finger, M. & Asún, J. M. (2003). A Educação de Adultos numa encruzilhada. Porto: Porto Editora.

Ireland, T. &  Spezia, C. (Org.) (2014). Adult education in retrospective: sixty years of CONFINTEA. Brasília: UNESCO.

Merriam, S. (1995). Selected writings on philosophy and adult education. Malabar: Krieger Publishing.   

Merriam, S. B., & Bierema, L. L. (2014). Adult learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

UNESCO (2010). Relatório global sobre aprendizagem e educação de adultos. Brasília: UNESCO.

UNESCO (2015). Repenser l´Éducation: Vers un bien commun mondial? France: UNESCO.