Training, Work and Professional Development

Year
3
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01009886
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

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, group work and presentations of practical work.

Learning Outcomes

The world of work and employment in general, and vocational training represent areas of activity and professional development for many of the graduates in Science Education. Possible opportunities as Trainer, Training Coordinator, Training Manager and Mediator, advise the students’ careful preparation in these fields of knowledge and the development of skills enabling them to act in this field of practice. Thus, at the end of this curricular unit students should be able to:

1. Understand work and its evolution;

2. Identify the main characteristics of organized labor;

3. Characterize different forms of cultural typology of organizations, the conditions for change and the role of people and training;

4. Describe and understand the transitions to and from work;

5. Meet the Portuguese public policies in vocational training;

6. Plan, coordinate and develop training activities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.The concepts of work and organization;

2 The organizational thinking: evolution and main theoretical frameworks

3. The processes of professional socialization, construction of identities and professional development;

4. Globalization, Work and Employment: Personal, social, conceptual and temporal reconfigurations;

5. Training for and at work: theoretical frameworks and modalities

6. Cultural typology of organizations, change and training

7. Training and management of people in organizations

8. Public policies of vocational training

9. Conceive, develop and evaluate training activities.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Luis Medeiros Alcoforado

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Frequency: 50.0%
Planification and development of a training session: 50.0%

Bibliography

Alcoforado, L. (2012). Qualificar para novas oportunidades: desafios e limites. In J. M. Silva (Ed.) Iniciativa novas oportunidades: Teoria e práticas (pp. 149-158). Leiria, Lisboa: IPL, ANQEP.

Alcoforado, L. (2008). Competências, cidadania e profissionalidade: limites e desafios para a construção de um modelo português de educação e formação de adultos. Dissertação de Doutoramento. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra.

Carré, P., & Caspar, P. (2001).Tratado das ciências e técnicas da formação. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.

Chauvin, C. (2005). Concevoir un stage de formation. Issy-les-Moulineaux: ESF

Craig, R. (1996). The ASTD training and development handbook: A guide to human resource development. Nova Iorque : McGraw-Hill.

Pineda, P. (2002). Pedagogia laboral. Barcelona: Ariel.

Pineda, P. (2002). Gestión de la formación en las organizaciones. Barcelona: Ariel.

Roy-Lemarchand, G. (2007). Le management des compétences. Issy-les-Moulineaux: ESF.