Project Seminar on Adult Education and Training and Community Intervention

Recommended Prerequisites

Specific theoretical and methodological knowledge in Adult Education and Community Intervention 

Teaching Methods

This cu mobilizes different teaching and learning methodologies: presentation and discussion of research and intervention work in the field of AETCI, including the contribution of researchers and external experts; reading, analysis and discussion of bibliographic supports; presentation and discussion of the planning and construction processes of research/intervention projects prepared by students

Learning Outcomes

This uc aims to contribute to the formation, reflection and debate around contemporary issues and trends in research and intervention in the field of Adult Education and Training and Community Intervention (AETCI). In this sense, it facilitates the consolidation of knowledge, provides contact with research work and intervention projects developed in the same field and enables the critical analysis of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches that help to structure research/intervention projects leading to the dissertation or the internship project. At the end of the study program the student is able to:

- critically analyze theoretical, methodological and praxiological frameworks inherent to AETCI projects

- consistently plan a research/intervention project suited to the AETCI domain

- discuss and substantiate the options taken in designing the project

- debate the adult educator and trainer role

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. The research project

1. Ethical and methodological requirements of scientific research in AETCI

2. From the project idea to the completion of the research phases

3. Critical analysis of different methodological options, according to specific themes

4. Analysis and discussion of research projects on contemporary AETCI issues.

II. The intervention project

1. Ethical and procedural requirements for intervention in AETCI

2. From the project idea to the multiple forms of intervention in the various contexts of AETCI practice

3. Critical analysis of AETCI's socio-political, ideological, theoretical and praxiological settings

4. The evaluation of intervention projects in AETCI

III. Development of research/intervention projects

1. Outline an investigation/intervention project

2. Anticipating risks and planning for potential contingency measures

3. The specialized role of the AETCI professional/researcher

4. The scientific writing of the proposal

Head Lecturer(s)

Albertina Lima Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment method
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Project: 75.0%

Bibliography

Amado, J. (2017)(Coord.), Manual de investigação qualitativa em educação (3ª ed.). Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.

Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2011). Research methods in education. Routledge.

Coutinho, Clara P. (2011). Metodologia de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas. Coimbra: Edições Almedina.

Dias,  J.  R.  (2009). Educação  o  caminho  da  nova  humanidade:  das  coisas  às  pessoas  e  aos  valores. Edições Papiro.

Grummell, B., & Finnegan Doing, F. (2020) (Eds.). Critical and Creative Research in Adult Education: Case Studies in Methodology and Theory. Brill Sense.

Matos, M. (2009). Da intervenção comunitária à mediação comunitária. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 29, 175-189.

Tuckett, A. (2015). Adult education, social transformation and the pursuit of social justice.

European Journal of Education: Research, Development and Policy, 50, 245-249.