Winter School I

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The course has two stages. In the first one the students from different universities are grouped in teams and they work in a virtual environment using electronic communication media. In the second phase, they work face-to-face together during the “In residence intensive learning Unit”.

Learning Outcomes

This teaching unit corresponds to the first phase of the International Winter School: 1) the multicultural and virtual team work related to the preparation of the state of the art on topics about WOP-P, review of journals and documents at the international level, etc.; and b) the intensive two-week training period with the physical presence of all the Erasmus Mundus students and the participation of the international teaching staff. Special emphasis will be placed on the design and development of new models, strategies, methods and tools. An electronic platform facilitates the interaction among members of distributed multicultural groups during the first phase. In the process as a whole, competencies underlying participation in multicultural groups are developed both in virtual and face-to-face interactions.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

In order to promote competencies to work in an international context and also to promote the design of intervention competences included in the Europsy and in the Avanced Certificate for WOP- Psychology, the following contents are considered for this teaching unit:

1.- Analysis of the international contextual factors, specially paying attention to those factors that have a clear impact on work, organizations and Human Resources policies and practices

2. Review of the literature available to prepare a state of the art on one intervention topic relevant for Work, Organizations and Personnel areas.

3.- Learning of knowledge, skills and attitudes to design interventions in organizations paying special attention to HR issues.

4.- Learning and practicing how to implement an intervention.

5.- Becoming aware and knowledgeable about justice and fairness issues as well as ethical principles guiding professional interventions.

6.- Being able to integrate the previous knowledge and skills, developing a final integration paper.

Head Lecturer(s)

Leonor Maria Gonçalves Pacheco Pais

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
The assessment of this unit is composed by a) individual assignment and b) presentation of team work.: 100.0%

Bibliography

A bibliografia é a indicada anualmente pelos professores convidados, estando disponível na página web dedicada a esta unidade curricular.