Research Seminar

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge and basic skills in the scientific areas of Research Methods and Planning and Evaluation Project.     

Teaching Methods

The curricular unit encompasses different teaching and learning methodologies, namely: sessions of brief theoretical exposition, analysis of scientific articles and debate around methodologies and results of research and social intervention projects; tutorial support for the elaboration and presentation of proposals for research and socio-educational intervention projects.

Learning Outcomes

The activities developed to contribute to the consolidation of knowledge and skills, making the master students more capable of conceiving, planning, and evaluating socio-educational intervention projects and conceiving and planning social and educational research activities.

The Seminar Project aims at the following objectives:

- Understand the state of the art of Research and Intervention in Social Education, framed in the epistemology, methodology, and practice of research in Social Sciences;

- Analyze the appropriate methodological options for the construction of intervention and research projects to be developed in the second year of the master's degree;

- Apply the analytical-reflective and operational skills required for the research and socio-educational intervention processes in the elaboration of a thesis or internship project.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module I - Social Education: Research and Intervention Methodologies.

Module II - Analysis of research and social intervention projects.

Module III - Planning, supervision and evaluation of socio-educational intervention projects.

Module IV - Planning of socio-educational research projects.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Manuel Folgado Barreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 100.0%

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.

Varela, S. M. (2012). La formación práctica en intervención socioeducativa. Madrid: Sanz y Torres.

Salgueiro, A.; Tomás, C.; Costa, J.; Pinheiro, M.R.; Leote, M.J. (2018). À

Conversa sobre Supervisão. In Pensar o Acolhimento Residencial de Crianças e Jovens, 121-139. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.