Module 2 - Top 10 of Positive Parenthood

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching-learning process is supported by four types of strategies:

a. reading and analyzing 10 support texts and identifying the most surprising characteristics of or any relevant information that should be added to these texts, providing proper justification to the choices made

b. observing an interaction between a parental educator and a child, and filling out a grid that allows for the identification of the Top 10 of positive parenthood

c. providing a joint reflection (in an internet forum or a chat room) on positive parenthood behaviors

d. developing materials that will be made available for families to help communicating the skills that parental educators must have in order to carry out a positive parenthood.

 

During the whole module, students will be able to ask questions about, and receive feedback on, the ongoing activities by the course professors.

 

The assessment will be based on a 0 to 20 scale and will consist of the activities mentioned in a), b) and d). All of the activities will contribute equally to the final grade.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, students are expected to:

1. Identify and discuss the different dimensions of positive parenthood

2. Understand the relationship between beliefs/cognitions, emotions and parental behaviors

3. Be able to identify some of the Top 10 skills in a concrete interaction between parental educators and children, and to justify these skills.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The Top 10 to a positive parenthood:

1. Expressing attention and positive affection

2. Providing basic cares as regards health and safety

3. Promoting development: stimulating and encouraging

4. Being able to provide a clear definition of rules and limits

5. Being able to apply proper consequences to misdemeanors

6. Being able to supervise

7. Communicating positively and using messages from a first-person perspective

8. Being able to model resolutions for problems

9. Establishing a coherence between what is said and what is done

10. Being able to defend children’s rights and communicate positively with other systems

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Filomena Ribeiro Fonseca Gaspar

Assessment Methods

Avaliação
A avaliação é feita (escala 0-20 valores) a partir da concretização das atividades referidas em a.,b. e d., contribuindo ambas na mesma proporção para a nota final.: 100.0%

Bibliography

São construídos textos de apoio específicos, disponibilizados aquando da abertura do curso.