Reflexive Conceptions and Practices in Education

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical part : 1) reading, summarizing and presenting a text in class,

2) oral presentation in class

3) active participation in an online forum;

Practical part : 1) design, development and evaluation of a teaching/ learning or school narrative

2) oral presentation in class

3) active participation in an online forum

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit  aims to provide future Masters with the competences needed for designing, developing and assessing training paths supported by reflection on and about practices .
The following learning outcomes are expected:
To know reflexive and narrative models;
To understand the pedagogical implications of reflexive strategies;
To develop skills of supervision based on reflexive strategies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Educating, teaching and learning - general frameworks

- Reflective teacher education - concepts and practices

- Teacher training models – conceptualizations and challenges

- An reflective educational approach – conceptualizations and practices

- Learning as a knowledge construction process: The TFC

- Strategies for reflective training:  stories,  narratives,life stories, autobiographies 

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 10.0%
Research work: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 30.0%

Bibliography

Alarcão I. (2003) Professores reflexivos em uma escola reflexiva. São Paulo: Cortez Editora.

Pessoa Mendes, T. (2002). Em torno da reflexão – (im)pressões e (ex)pressões em educação. Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia, 36 (1,2 e 3), 375-386.

Pessoa Mendes, T. (2003).  A Educação reflexiva do professor – Razões e implicações ao nível da formação inicial. In Revista Galego-Portuguesa de Psicoloxía e Educacíon nº8 (vol.10) ano 7º - Actas VII Congresso Galego-Portugués de Psicopedagoxía (edição em CD-Rom).

Pessoa Mendes, T. (2004). Aprender a pensar como professor pelo estudo e escrita de casos. Psychologica, 477-491.

Rodriguez, A., & Pessoa, T. (Coord.). (2011). A Vida nas Escolas – Casos para formação de professores . Coimbra: Imprensa na Universidade Coimbra

Rodriguez Marcos, A., & Pessoa, T. (Coord. ). (2014). La práctica cotidiana en los colégios: Casos para la formación de docentes. Sevilha: Ocatedro.