Seminar on Furthering Scientific Thinking in Educational Sciences

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures and group discussions; national and international conferences.

Learning Outcomes

To critically analyse historical, theoretical, conceptual and political perspectives of the epistemological domain of Education Sciences;

To characterise, in a detailed way, different fields of practice and different modalities of Education and Training;

To mobilise resources and strategies for understanding and describing different educational facts, with different audiences and in different environments;

To compare policies, organisation of educational systems, curricular practices and teaching and learning methodologies, in the context of the challenges facing schools today;

To reflect on Teacher Training models and their relationship with the roles assigned and taken up by the school;

To understand the different (trans)formative dynamics of people, in their different life contexts;

To identify the great challenges facing contemporary societies and their relationship with Education

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Common module to the two specialization areas

Historical and theoretical perspectives on education and training

Education and training policies, practices and organisation

Education, formation and inequalities

Digital techonologies and media literacy

EDCFA module

Lifelong education

Education, citizen participation and community development

Education, formation and work

OEAFP module

Teaching, learning, curriculum, educational assessment and inclusion

Teachers traing models

Educational administration

 

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Geral

Verger, A. (2019). A política educacional global: Conceitos e marcos teóricos chave. Práxis Educativa, 14 ( 1), 9-33. Disponível em https://revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/ 12987

EDCFA

Green, A. (2017). The crisis for young people: Generational inequalities in education, work, housing and welfare. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-58547-5

Hamilton, M . (2018) Contributing to the common good? Media coverage of the international largescale assessment of adult skills (PIAAC) in four national contexts. Studies in the Education of Adults, 50, 2 (pp. 167-184). doi:10.1080/02660830.2018.1523101

OEAFP

Lima, L. (2011). Administração escolar: estudos. Porto: Porto Editora.

Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Chitpin, S & Evers, C (ed) (2015) Decision making in educational leadership : principles, policies, and practices. London: Routledge