Laboratory of Applied Sociology

Recommended Prerequisites

The curricular unit has no prerequisites.

Teaching Methods

The lectures mix a theoretical training component with a practical training, including the design of a portfolio structure to be used and improved throughout the graduation trajectory.

Learning Outcomes

The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the professional practices of sociologists and prepare them for the elaboration of a career portfolio, so that throughout their academic career they can build their own portfolio, which will be presented and defended in the course "Applied Sociology". Hence, the course will promote soft and hard skills specific to the creation of portfolios, fostering students’ autonomy to define their own learning process and improving their employability.

After attending this course the student should be able to:

-  To understand and characterize the work contexts of sociologists;

- To learn what a portfolio is and what are its objectives;

- To identify what kind of portfolios can be developed;

- To master techniques to build a physical and an electronic portfolio;

- To prepare contents for portfolios;

- To develop techniques for presenting portfolios.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1) Contextos of professional practice  of sociologists in Portugal;

2) The use of portfolios in higher education: concepts and functions;

3) How to design and organize portfolios;

4) Formats and models of portfolios;

5) Practical exercises on how to design and present components of a portfolio;

6) Creation of a physical portfolio and an electronic portfolio to frame the academic training and the personal course during the graduation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Sílvia Maria Dias Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Preparation and presentation of a plan to design a portfolio to present in "Applied Sociology" : 100.0%

Bibliography

Ambrósio, Márcia. O uso do portfólio no ensino superior. Editora Vozes Limitada, 2013.

Barret, Carlie, Alex Broerman, Emmanuel Carrillo, Morgen Depenthal, Kevin Doyle, Allison Dunphy, Matt Gill, et al. «The Portfolio Handbook - A Guide to Creating your Design Portfolio». Class of 2012 Industrial Design, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://www.portfoliohandbook.com/PortfolioHandbook_UCID12.pdf.

Driessen, Erik. «Do Portfolios Have a Future?» Advances in Health Sciences Education 22, n. 1 (Março de 2017): 221–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-016-9679-4.

Hall, Anna Knight. «Portfolio Handbook for Education Majors». s. e., s. d. https://www.oakwood.edu/zPublic/education/Portfolio-Handbook.pdf. 

Van den Broeck, Martijn. «The Unofficial Design Portfolio Handbook». s. e., s. d. http://goo.gl/cG944r.

Zubizarreta, John. The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.