Introduction to Education Sciences

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01009589
Subject Area
Education Sciences
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
4.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

The curricular unit “Introduction to Education Sciences” will be taught through theoretical and practical classes including lectures on different topics, class discussions, debates, and group project (by 3 or 4 students), which will be completed out of class during students’ autonomous study hours, with tutorial supervision.  

Learning Outcomes

It is intended that by the end of this unit each student should be able to:

 - Know the specific vocabulary of Education Sciences/Education.

 - Know about the domains of practice as educator/trainer and reflect on the current and future training opportunities in Education Sciences/Education.

- Recognize the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems, situations and educational phenomena.

- Develop a scientific attitude to situations and educational phenomena.

- Identify the structural and dynamic elements of an educational situation.

- Plan an educational action, stablishing the phases and elements.       

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Education and Education Science (ES):

1.1.Educação, a treasure to discover: from the etymology to the Four Pillars of Education (UNESCO)

1.2. The educational phenomenon: from the multidisciplinary approach to the transdisciplinary approach

1.3. The general and current framework of (ES): theory, research and practice

1.4. Scientific, training and professional paths in ES.

2. Characterization and design of educational situations: structural and dynamic elements of the educational intervention

3. Educational intervention for the development of skills of the graduate in ES and for the promotion of good practices associated with learning in higher education

3.1. Educational planning and evaluation: basic concepts and their application in the projection of the phases and elements of an educational action

3.2. The model of skills development of Wetten and Cameron (2002)

3.3. Preparation of a proposal for an educational activity for the development of skills.   

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Filomena Ribeiro Fonseca Gaspar

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Synthesis work: 15.0%
Frequency: 40.0%
Project: 45.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Carneiro, R.(2003). Fundamentos da educação e da aprendizagem: 21 ensaios para o século 21. Vila Nova de Gaia: Fundação Manuel Leão.

Brull, C. (1994). La acción educativa. In J. Castillejo, G. Vázquez, A. Colom, & J. Sarramona. Teoria de la Educación (29-44). Madrid: Taurus Ediciones.

Delors, J. (2001). Educação um tesouro a descobrir: Relatório para a UNESCO da Comissão Internacional sobre a Educação para o século XXI. Porto: Edições ASA.

Pinheiro, M. R (2012). Avaliação das boas práticas associadas à aprendizagem dos estudantes do ensino superior: Princípios, desafios e implicações para a prática pedagógica docente. In  C. Leite & M. Zabalza (Eds.). Ensino superior: Inovação e qualidade na docência - Porto. Edição: CIIE - Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, pp. 206-221, http://www.fpce.up.pt/ciie/cidu/publicacoes/livro_de_textos.pdf

Trindade, R. (2002). Experiências educativas e situações de aprendizagem: Novas práticas pedagógicas. Porto: Edições ASA.