Thematic Seminar in Education, Community Development and Adult Learning I

Recommended Prerequisites

The necessary for access to this study cycle.

Teaching Methods

Lectures. Analysis and discussion of topics / texts. Presentation, analysis and discussion of papers prepared by students.

Learning Outcomes

Critically analyze the historical, theoretical and conceptual perspectives related to non-formal education and Lifelong Education and Training; Understand the importance of family and neighborhood and generational communities to promote participation and quality of life; Identify the major challenges of modern societies to build more humane forms of life; Identify the living spaces as educational spaces; Interpret the obstacles to the interpretation of information in its different media, and the rational control that people should exercise over their own life.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theoretical foundations of non-formal education

Lifelong Education and training policies and practices

Family and (inter)generational communities

Peace, cultural dialogue and new epistemologies of community development

Cultural and community spaces as educational spaces

Literacies and digital media.

Head Lecturer(s)

Albertina Lima Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Cameron, C., Moss, P. (Eds.) (2011). Social pedagogy and working with children and young people: Where care and education meet. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Faure, E. (1972). Aprender a Ser. Lisboa: Bertrand.

Forquin, J-C. (2002). Les Composantes Doctrinales de l'Ídée d'Éducation Permanente. Paris: L'Harmattan.

Osorio, A. R. (2003). Educación Permanente y Educación de Adultos. Barcelona: Ariel

Poizat, D. (2003). Education nonformelle. Paris: L'Harmatan

Rogers, A. (2005). Non-formal education. Flexible schooling or participatory education. Hong Kong: KluwerAcademy Publishers.

Serrano, G.P. (2010). Pedagogía social - educación social: Construcción científica e intervención práctica. Madrid: Narcea Ediciones.

Trilla, J. (1998). Animación Sociocultural. Teorias, programas y ámbitos. Barcelona: Ariel.