Building Teaching and Learning of History

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
02025329
Subject Area
Subject Specific Didactics
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
10.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

1 - Theoretical presentation.

2 - Students research of resources and methodologies and of real apprenticeship experiences.

3 - Reading the bibliography suitable to each of the themes discussed.

4 - Practical work for applying the acquired knowledge to a specific pedagogical situation.

Learning Outcomes

This course is structured according to a teaching practical approach: "learning by doing". Thus, at the end of the course  students must:

1 - be able to problematize History teaching and its learning contexts at current school, especially at the 3rd cycle of basic education and high school.

2 - have a thorough knowledge of the discipline programs and curriculum goals and be aware of the need for its management,  which must always be adapted to the students different profiles and to the school contexts.

3 - acquired skills for planning and develp learning experiences with diversified resources and methods, with a special attention to learning technologies.

4 - contact with assessment practices and the means appropriate to the discipline and to each cycle of studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Didactics, History Education and History of education. Fundamental orientations and field of intervention.

2. Teaching and learning History.

2.1 The discipline for the 3rd cycle of basic education and upper secondary. Programs, curriculum goals and its management.

2.2 Programming and planning. Concepts, purposes and types. Performing lesson plans.

2.3 The classroom as a context for communication. Problems and strategies for interaction. The main features of educational communication.

2.4 Teaching resources. The role of a written document in the History class (historical sources, historiographical texts, literary texts), audiovisual documents (pictures, movies, documentaries, etc.), applications for mobile devices, podcasts and videocasts, games.

2.5 Some work methodologies in the classroom. From curricular purposes to the classroom reality.

3. Evaluation in the discipline of History. Modalities, objectives and instruments.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Isabel Sacramento Sampaio Ribeiro

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Criteria: attendance, a written test, participation in classes, pratical oral and writ: 100.0%

Bibliography

BARCA, I. (2000). O pensamento histórico dos jovens. Braga: Universidade do Minho

DAMIÃO, H. (1996). Pré, inter e pós acção: planificação e avaliação pedagógica. Coimbra: Minerva

LEE, P. (2001). Progressão da compreensão dos alunos em História, In BARCA, I. (org.) Perspectivas em educação histórica. Actas das Primeiras Jornadas Internacionais de Educação Histórica, Braga: CEEP – Universidade do Minho, 13-27

MONTEIRO, J. A. (1997). Imaginação e Criatividade no Ensino da História. O Texto Literário como Documento Didáctico. Lisboa: APH

PROENÇA, M. C. (1989), Didáctica da História (2 volumes). Lisboa: Universidade Aberta

PROENÇA, Maria Cândida (1990), Ensinar/aprender história. Questões de didáctica aplicada. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte,

ZABALZA, M. (2002). Planificação e desenvolvimento curricular. Porto: Asa