Psychological Intervention in School Contexts

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02017933
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The active participation and situated learning of students, from guided research, planning, collaboration in research projects or ongoing intervention to cooperative problem solving are favored.

It is planned to problematize real situations, with a report on theoretical content, under the supervision and supervision of teachers. The expected results are: systematic analysis of programs, handling of supporting materials and their reflective treatment with oral, written and role-play presentations, in addition to discussion (eg in online discussion forums).

Learning Outcomes

• Identify school contexts where the Psychologist intervenes

• List tasks of psychological intervention from pre-school to higher education

• Describe psychologist's situated roles

• Knowing intervention models

• Get professional in a team

• Analyze psychoeducational evaluation techniques and instruments

• Know and analyze instruments of psychological and neuropsychological intervention

• Read and write reports by reference to the CIF

• To study cases of alternative curricular pathways, adapted curricula and individual educational plans

• Carefully select programs to support study and learning

• Plan sessions of study methods and strategies learning

• Analyze programs to promote competences, with emphasis on cognitive and metacognitive (and reference to literacy, numeracy and problem solving)

• Contact with alternative forms of evaluation (dynamic)

• To test communication management methodologies between formal and informal educational agents and other entities

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Psychological intervention in school contexts, from pre-school to higher education

Models of intervention in school

Participation of the psychologist in teams

Communication management

Guidance and school monitoring in study and learning

Self-regulation

School adaptation

Ethnic and cultural diversity

Psychological and neuropsychological intervention programs

• Instrumental Enrichment (R. Feuerstein, 1980)

• Philosophy for Children (Lipman et al, 1984)

• Project Intelligence (Harvard, 1983)

• IDEAL (Bransford & Stein, 1984)

• Applied, creative and analytical intelligence (Sternberg, 1986)

• Progresint (Yuste et al., 1994)

• Lateral Thinking (De Bono, 1971)

• Neuropsychological intervention program REHACOG (Figueira, Paixão, sd)

• Tools of Mind (Bedrova & Leong, 2001)

• metalinguistic consciousness (Figueira & Pinto, sd)

• programs for reading, writing and calculation, eg. Tradislexia, sicole

• Dynamic intervention

Games as a tool for evaluation and psychological intervention

Creativity

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Paula Mendes Correia Couceiro Figueira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
1. written test: 50%+2. Reporting of observation activities, individual and presented in written form, with oral presentation only in cases that the teachers consider useful or necessary: 50% - Time of Appeal: Written test contemplating all the material conveyed in the classes: 100.0%

Bibliography

Almeida, L.S., et al. (2009). Manual- Programa de Promoção Cognitiva (5ª ed). Braga: Psiquilíbrios.

Figueira, A.P.C. (1994). Inventário de estratégias de estudo e de aprendizagem – Lassi (Weinstein & Palmer, 1990). Psychologica, 12, 79-114.

Figueira, A. P. C. (2016). Preparação para a leitura e a escrita, Livro1. lisboa: psiclinica.

Figueira, A P. C, Paixão, R. P. (2015). Cogtrain: programa de treino cognitivo compensatório (manual do cliente_versão portuguesa). em http://www.cogs

Figueira, A. P. C. & Pinto, M. A. (2018). Consciência Metalinguística. teoria, desenvolvimento e instrumentos de avaliação.

Figueira, A P. C, Paixão, R. P. (in press). REHACOG: Programa de Intervenção Neuropsicológica - Manual do Profissional.

Figueira, A. P, cró, m. l & Lopes, I. P. (2014). ferramentas da mente. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade.

Monteiro, A., Moreira, J.A., & Almeida, A.C. (Org.) (2012). Educação online: Pedagogia e aprendizagem em plataformas digitais. Santo Tirso: De Facto Editores.