Project's orientation and monitoring seminar in Social Education, Development and Local Dynamics

Recommended Prerequisites

Curricular Units of the 1st year of the course, specifically that of Scientific Research Methodologies and Project Seminar.

Teaching Methods

 This curricular unit is fundamentally a work of orientation and tutorial follow-up of the masters students throughout the development of the project and writing of the report, being carried out under the scientific supervision of master's academic staff. Performed in b-learning, with online sessions and other fae-to-face's group format. 

Learning Outcomes

The main objective of this UC   is to monitor students in the development of skills that are intrinsically associated with the activities and  contexts of the projects.  Each student, in  the specific thematic areas of the project, will be able to:

- Define the phases for the development of an intervention project; diagnosis, planning, application and evaluation;

- Apply research skills to the different stages of evaluation of a project

- Analyze intervention and research projects in social education, development and local dynamics

- Develop strategic, operational, evaluation, communication and sustainability plans

- Use written and oral communication techniques of projects

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Given the nature of this curricular unit, its contents are intrinsically linked to the activities to be developed within the framework of each student's projects in the specific thematic areas of the master's degree:

- Phases for the development of an intervention project; diagnosis, planning, application and evaluation;

- Steps for the development of research projects; literature review, methodology, presentation and discussion of results;

- Strategic and operational plans of projects

- Project evaluation plans

- Communication and project marketing plans

- Project sustainability plans

- Project reports: useful formats and tools

- Public presentation of projects: strategies, resources and key competencies

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Manuel Folgado Barreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Project: 70.0%

Bibliography

Barbosa, E. & Moura, D. (2013). Proyectos educativos y sociales: Planificación, Gestión, seguimiento y evaluatión. Madrid: Nercea Ediciones.

Barreira, C. (2018). Duas abordagens diferentes nos propósitos mas complementares na avaliação dos processos formativos. Revista Dirigir & Formar (IEFP), 20, 12-17.

Caffarella, R., & Daffron, S. (2013). Planning programs for adult learners: A practical guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Capucha, L. (2008). Planeamento e avaliação de projectos: Guião prático. Lisboa: Direcção Geral de Inovação e de Desenvolvimento Curricular.

Perez Serrano, G. (2008). Elaboração de projectos sociais: Casos práticos. Porto: Porto Editora.  

Tuckman, B. W. (2012). Manual de investigação em educação: Metodologia para conceber e realizar o processo de investigação científica. FCG.

Vieira, C. C. (Coord.) (2022). Temas, Contextos e Desafios da Investigação Qualitativa em Educação. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-2235-4