Educational,Social and Community Mediation

Recommended Prerequisites

Educational Psychology, Educational Sociology

Teaching Methods

Lectures by academic staff, discussion, group work (analysis of cases and texts), paper work's presentation by students, testimony of socioeducational mediators.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand different approaches and conceptual and methodological paradigms in the field of socio-educational  mediation

2. Understand the importance of "conflict" in the different approaches and paradigms of  mediation

3. Understand the emergence of  mediation practices in the context of a society in transition

4. Develop, support and implement appropriate proposals and mediation devices to different intervention contexts: school, community and family

5. Know the profile and the different professional's realities of the socio-educational mediator

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.  The emergence of the concept of mediation and the institutionalization of mediation practices in a society in transition

2.  Paradigms and models of mediation

3.  Fields and practices of socio-educational and intercultural mediation

3.1  Mediation in schools

3.2  Mediation in community

3.3  Mediation in family

4.  The profile of the socio-cultural mediator: Skills and professionalism

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Filomena Ribeiro Fonseca Gaspar

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Project: 30.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Almeida, H. N. (2001). Conceptions et pratiques de la médiation social: Les modèles de la médiation dans le quotidien profissionnel des assistants sociaux. Coimbra: Fundação Bissaya-Barreto, Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto.

 

Correia, J. A., & Silva, A.M.C. (2010). Mediação: (d)os contextos e (d)os actores. Porto: Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas; Afrontamento.

 

Jares, X.R. (2002). Educação e conflito: Guia de educação para a convivência. Porto: Asa.

 

Lascoux, J.-L. (2001). Pratique de la médiation : Une méthode alternative à la résolution des conflits. Issy-les-Moulineaux : ESF Editeur, 2001. 

 

Oliveira, A., & Galego, C.  (2005). A mediação sócio-cultural: Um puzzle em construção. Lisboa: ACIME.

 

Silva, A.M.C., & Moreira, M.A. (2009). Formação e mediação sócio-educativa: Perspectivas teóricas e práticas. Porto : Areal Editores