Social Education

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge acquired in the curricular units (from the 1st semester)  such as Introduction to Educational Sciences, Sociology of Education, Psychology of Education  will be useful.

Teaching Methods

Active and participatory methodologies with oral presentations supported by texts and audio-visual resources. Group work on oral presentations and promotion of debates by students (presentations for youth projects under analysis) and invited experts (Open Classes Social Education). Tutorial.

Learning Outcomes

In this course it is expected that students :

- Relate the concepts of Social Pedagogy, Social Education and Socio-educational intervention

 - Recognize the educational dimension of the social contexts, and  in addition, the social dimension of education.

 - Meet the agents , participants,  scopes,  themes and modalities of socio-educational intervention

 - Understand the historical and conceptual processes, and also pedagogical , psychological and sociological assumptions that underlie the processes of socio-educational intervention

 - Identify the factors of vulnerability, risk , conflict, marginalization , exclusion and discrimination that hinder the socialization and social inclusion of individuals and collectives.

 - Know socio-educational intervention projects and programs  for  public with or without  social conflict

 - Analyse a socio-educational intervention project  based on planning and evaluation models  of social and educational projects

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I.Social Education,Social Pedagogy,SocioeducationalIntervention and Ed.Sciences

1.Social Education and Socioeducational Intervention:The knowledge and recognition of the educational character of the social and in addition,of the social dimension of education

2.Contexts,agents,areas,areas of intervention and logics of personal,social and community development

3.Concepts of vulnerability,risk,conflict,marginalization and social exclusion that hinder the social integration of individuals and collectives

4.Methods of socioeducational intervention: Promotion,prevention,diagnosis,support,mediation,therapy,(re)integration, reduction of risks and threats,training and animation

5.Skills of a social pedagogue

II.Historical and conceptual references of Social Ed.

III.Projects,themes and areas of Social Education:Human Rights and Education for Citizenship;Interculturalism and Intercultural Mediation;Conflict and Violence and Pedagogy of Coexistence;Social Volunteering and Socio-cultural Animation

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Rosário Carvalho Nunes Manteigas Moura Pinheiro

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Frequency: 50.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Carvalho, A.D. & Baptista, I. (2004). Educação social: Fundamentos e estratégias. Porto: Porto Editora.

Costa, A. B. (1998). Exclusões sociais. Coimbra: Gradiva.

Diaz, S. (2006). Uma aproximação à pedagogia – educação social. Revista Lusófona de Educação, 7, 91-104. http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/pdf/rle/n7/n7a06

Jares, X. R. (2007). Pedagogia da convivência. Porto: Profedições.

Perotti, A. (2003). Apologia do Intercultural. Lisboa: Secretariado Entreculturas. Lisboa: Ministério da Educação.

Romans, M., Petrus, A., & Trilla, J. (2003). Profissão: Educador Social. Lisboa: Artmed Editora.

Sanches, M. (2009). A escola como espaço social. Leituras e olhares de professores e alunos. Porto: Porto Editora.

Serrano, G. P. (2008). Elaboração de projectos sociais: Casos práticos. Porto: Porto Editora.

Serrano, G.P. (2010). Pedagogía social - educación social: Construcción científica e intervención práctica. Madrid: Narcea Ediciones.