Project - Science Teaching

Code:

ECDC602

Acronym:

PEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Science Teaching

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Science Education Unit
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctor's Degree in Teaching and Dissemination of Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDEDC	6	PE PD em Ensino e Divulgação das Ciências	1	-	30	28	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Aceitam-se também projetos em língua inglesa desde que devidamente fundamentada a opção.

Objectives

1. To delimitate a particular research topic.
2. To review relevant literature.
3. To formulate goals, questions and/or investigation hypothesis.
4. To identify and describe methodological designs, adequate to the goals, questions and/or investigation
hypothesis.
5. To identify and describe data treatment strategies.
6. To organize a work schedule.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Ability to delimitate a particular research topic.
2. Ability to review relevant literature.
3. Competence to formulate goals, questions and/or investigation hypothesis.
4. To develop the skills to identify and describe methodological designs, adequate to the goals, questions and/or investigation
hypothesis.
5. Ability to identify and describe data treatment strategies.
6. Ability to organize a work schedule.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Execution of an individual thesis project.

Mandatory literature

NA; NA

Comments from the literature

To be provided by the Teacher.

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Search for a theme of common interest for both PhD student and tutor, regarding science teaching/divulgation and liable to become a PhD project.
2. Tutor debating on the work subject and the methodological procedures to explore and adopt.
3. Student’s autonomous work, with the help of the teacher’s tutoring, which may happen in person, through blearning or elearning.

The evaluation of project work takes the following elements (and correspondent percentage) into consideration:

A - Developed work during the project’s preliminary construction and research - 50%
B - Written report - 25%
C - Report presentation and debating - 25%

The project shall be publicly presented and debated.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	25,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	410,00
Trabalho de investigação	300,00
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	810,00

Eligibility for exams

Aproved in the Report presentation and debating

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of project work takes the following elements (and correspondent percentage) into consideration:

A - Developed work during the project’s preliminary construction and research - 50%
B - Written report - 25%
C - Report presentation and debating - 25%

A * 0,5 + B* 0,25 + C * 0,25

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA