Training, Work and Professional Development

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, group work and presentations of practical work.

Learning Outcomes

The world of work and employment in general, and vocational training represent areas of activity and professional development for many of the graduates in Science Education. Possible opportunities as Trainer, Training Coordinator, Training Manager and Mediator, advise the students’ careful preparation in these fields of knowledge and the development of skills enabling them to act in this field of practice. Thus, at the end of this curricular unit students should be able to:

1. Understand work and its evolution;

2. Identify the main characteristics of organized labor;

3. Characterize different forms of cultural typology of organizations, the conditions for change and the role of people and training;

4. Describe and understand the transitions to and from work;

5. Know the Portuguese public policies in vocational training;

6. Plan, coordinate and develop training activities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.The concepts of work and organization;

2 The organizational thinking: evolution and main theoretical frameworks

3. The processes of professional socialization, construction of identities and professional development;

4. Training for and at work: theoretical frameworks and modalities

5. Cultural typology of organizations, change and training

6. Training and management of people in organizations

7. Public policies of vocational training

8. Conceive, develop and evaluate training activities.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Planification and development of a training session: 50.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

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Carré, P., & Caspar, P. (Eds.) (2001).Tratado das ciências e técnicas da formação. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.

Chauvin, C. (2005). Concevoir un stage de formation. Issy-les-Moulineaux: ESF.

Fettes, T., Evans, K. & Kashefpakdel, E. (2020) Putting skills to work: it’s not so much the what, or even the why, but how…, Journal of Education and Work, 33(2), 184-196.

Pineda, P. (2002). Pedagogia laboral. Barcelona: Ariel.

Alcoforado, L., Frias, M., Cordeiro, A. R., Fonseca, A. C., & Oliveira, M. (2018). Educação e (não) trabalho: indagações sobre uma relação sempre controversa, a propósito dos jovens que não estudam nem trabalham. Cadernos de Pesquisa: Pensamento Educacional, 34, 38-58.