Portuguese Seminar I

Year
2
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
02025603
Subject Area
Subject Specific Didactics
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Completion of all the 1st-year courses of the program.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods are mostly interactive and include oral presentations, discussion of texts, discussion of practical problems related to the students' teaching practice, and weekly tasks of writing and research carried out by students.

Learning Outcomes

This seminar aims to enable students to
1. Deepen methodological, deontological and empirical knowledge in Portuguese-language teaching and didactics;
2. Develop self-reflection skills on practices and results of teaching activity, aiming to the continuous improvement of teaching.
3. Acquire essential methods and tools for the production of the final MA report;
4. Develop the ability to
- do bibliographic research skills
– mobilize relevant knowledge for the analysis of pedagogic and didactic issues;
– apply their knowledge and understanding to new issues using the conceptual instruments of this field;
– make critical use of methods and theories;
– apply research skills and relevant methodological procedures in their field of study;
– communicate clearly their findings, and engage in critical debate and argumentation.
4. To start the drafting of the MA report, with a focus on framing teaching practices and the monographic theme.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The teacher training practice in school.
2. Guidelines for academic writing.
3. How to organize the final MA report: internal structure and methods for data collection.
4. Discussion of the scientific and didactic topics addressed by the students in their reports.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Isabel Pires Pereira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Active participation in seminar discussions: 20.0%
Critical summary of sources for the thematic part of the report, presented orally and in writing: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

AAVV (2008). Actas. Conferência Internacional sobre o Ensino do Português. Lisboa: ME.
BRANDILEONE, A.; Oliveira, V. (Orgs.) (2021). Literatura e língua portuguesa na educação básica: ensino e mediações formativas. Campinas: Pontes
CASTRO, R. (2005). O Português nas escolas. Ensaios sobre a língua e a literatura no ensino secundário. Coimbra: Almedina
DUARTE, I. e MOURÃO, P. (org.) (2006). Ensino do Português para o Século XXI. Lisboa: Colibri
DUARTE, I. M. e FIGUEIREDO, O. (orgs.) (2011). Português, língua e ensino. Porto: U. Porto Editorial
FORMOSINHO, J. (Coord.) (2009). Formação de Professores. Aprendizagem profissional e acção docente. Porto: Porto Editora
KEENGWE, J. (2016). Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education. Hershey: University of North Dakota
MACHADO, A. e MELLO, C. (orgs.) (2013). Revista de Estudos Literários. 3. Ensino da Literatura
SILVA, J. et al. (2011). Pensar a literatura no século XXI. Braga: Aletheia.