Programmes
PhD in Art Education
The Doctoral Program in Art Education (pdDEA) is a joint doctoral program between the University of Porto and the University of Lisbon, involving their Faculties of Fine Arts, Faculties of Psychology and Educational Sciences, and the Institute of Education.
This Doctoral Program has been conducting research from a decolonial, feminist, and intersectional perspective, aligning with the demand for art education practices that are attentive to their historicity in current and urgent reparative politics. In this sense, one of the goals of the program, in various fields of action (from schools to cultural institutions or communities), is to contemplate anti-discriminatory practices in art education. The group of students is encouraged to experiment with gestures, where ideation and action are organically interconnected, informed by a state of the art that looks beyond a hegemonic knowledge field.
Theses, and their formats—ranging from more conceptual to those with a strong practical or experimental component—are also focal points of research that are closely tied to the ongoing research problems.
With a strong relational component in its pedagogical dynamics and research scope, the Doctorate in Art Education opens up research spaces in the fields of visual arts, performing arts, educational work in artistic and cultural institutions, and art education. Being a joint doctoral program between universities, its coordination with different research units establishes diverse dialogues.
The Doctoral Program organizes the EPRAE – Meeting of Research Practices in Art Education annually and coordinates the Journal Derivas – Research in Art Education, where ongoing research works are regularly published.
The course is taught in Portuguese, with adaptation between Portuguese and English when groups include students who are not yet proficient in Portuguese.
TEACHING TEAM ( Porto headquarters )
Objectives
- Understand Art Education from intersecting questioning fields,
- Promote critical and transformative research in Art Education,
- Advance the study of artistic creation processes, practices, and methodologies specific to this field of action/research,
- Develop practices with implications in real, community, cultural, educational, and social contexts,
- Implement and deepen a culture of disciplinarily integrative research, capable of questioning the colonial/modern matrix,
- Propose anti-discriminatory practices in Art Education,
- Contribute to defining advanced-level research profiles,
- Define research criteria and the continuous formulation of thesis formats and approaches in Art Education and discuss them among peers,
- Encourage the integration of students into research groups and/or (inter)national networks working on similar research lines and projects.
Fields of Specialization
The Doctoral Program has been working in the field of the history of art education; post-colonial studies; gender studies; curriculum and pedagogy; didactics of the arts (visual arts, design, music, theater, dance, performing arts); arts-based methodologies; curatorial and educational work in museums and other cultural institutions; artistic and educational practices in the fields of visual arts, music, theater, and performance.
Professional Abilities
- Have a systematic understanding in the scientific domain of art education.
- Identify research needs in the field of art education research.
- Conduct and disseminate relevant and high-quality research.
- Integrate ethical concerns into research and professional practices.
- Produce research writings to be published nationally and internationally in reference editions.
- Conduct scientific and transdisciplinary research in the field of arts and education, expanding the boundaries of knowledge in art education.
- Communicate and share with peers, the wider academic community, and society about their research.
- Be available for continuous learning and apply critical strategies for self-evaluation, improvement, and personal and professional development.
Employment Prospects
Qualified individuals for: teaching and research in higher education; educational and research work in museums, cultural institutions, associations, and communities; art education programs in community-based or diverse art centers (music, performance, theater, visual arts, design); research careers in research units; leadership, research, consultancy work in art education in curriculum, political, activist, and governmental terms in government agencies, professional associations, networks; projects and programs for arts assessment in the educational and cultural area.
Information
Research: The program is associated with research laboratories such as the LABEA – Laboratory of Research in Art Education and the ART_ED Archive - For the Construction of an Archive of Art Education Practices. How to Practice Archives? Here, various research projects are developed in collaboration between teachers, researchers, and students.
Associated Research Centers:
- CIEBA - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts
- CIIE - Center for Research and Educational Intervention
- CPUP - Center for Psychology of the University of Porto
- i2ADS - Institute of Research in Art, Design, and Society
- UIDEF - Research and Development Unit in Education and Training
Important Documents: Guide for the Use of Inclusive Language. Consult HERE.
General information
| Official Code: | PA25 |
| Director: | Catarina Martins |
| Acronym: | DEA |
| Academic Degree: | Doctor |
| Type of course/cycle of study: | Doctoral Degree |
| Start: | 2016/2017 |
| Duration: | 3 Years |
Study Plan
Involved Organic Units
Certificates
- Arts Education (180 ECTS credits)
- Curso de Doutoramento em Educação Artística (60 ECTS credits)
Predominant Scientific Areas
- Artistic Education
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