Education and Citizenship

Code:

FLUP0515

Acronym:

EDCIDA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Teaching Education - Pedagogy and Philosophy of Education

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EFA	1	Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
EFI	0	Official Study Plan - LEFI	3	2,5	5	-
EIA	1	Official Study Plan - LEIA	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
EPA	0	Official Study Plan - LEPA	2	2,5	5	-
EPE	0	Official Study Plan - LEPE	2	2,5	5	-
EPF	0	Official Study Plan - LEPF	2	2,5	5	-
EPI	0	Official Study Plan - LEPI	2	2,5	5	-
GEO	7	Official Study Plan - LGEO	4	2,5	5	-
HIS	9	Official Study Plan - LHIS	1	2,5	5	-
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Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This subject will seek to analyse the relationship between the right to education and Human Rights, as the fundamental focal point for reflection on education as a social and human right. Consequently, and bearing in mind the challenges faced by education in the 21st century, students will also be encouraged to reflect on the tensions faced by contemporary societies, as well as on the notion of educational society and building citizenship

Program

1. Education, Society and Values
1.1. Articulation between the different types of society and respective sociocultural and educational paradigms
1.2. Education and democracy: facts and ideals in education and in democracy.
1.2.1. Education as an anthropological universal
1.2.2. Democracy as a value.
1.3. Education and citizenship
1.3.1. The construction of citizenship in the present.
1.3.2. Individualism, autonomy and participation
1.3.3. Between the universal and the individual: the contingency

2.2. The ethical dimension of socio-political reality: the central reference of human rights.
2.3. Education: a social and human right.
2.3.1 To educate for human rights
2.4. The institutionalisation of education: school as a place for human education.
2.4.1 Emile Durkheim - enhancing the school’s function within society and in educating the individual
2.4.2 Ivan Illich - the ideal of a deschooled society.
2.4.3 Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron - a general theory of the conditions for dissimulating violent symbolical actions
1.4. Education and society
1.4.1. The challenges faced by education in the 21st century
1.4.2. The economic, political and social tensions today
1.4.3. From the information society to the educational society.
1.5. The ethical dimension of the socio-political reality: the central issue of human rights.
1.5.1. Education: a social and human right
1.5.2. Educating for the human rights.

2. The institutionalisation of education: school as a place for human education.
2.1. Emile Durkheim - enhancing the school’s function within society and in educating the individual
2.2. Ivan Illich - the ideal of a deschooled society.
2.3. Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron - a general theory of the conditions dissimulating violent symbolical actions
2.4. Crisis of the fundamental principles that structure the contemporary school system.
2.4.1. Restructuring the teacher's role today.

Mandatory literature

ARAÚJO, Luís de; Sob o Signo da Ética, Granito - Editores e Livreiros, 2000
CAMPS, Victoria; Los Valores de la Educacion, Anaya, 1994
ARAÚJO, Luís de; Ética - Uma Introdução, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2005
CARRACEDO, Jose Rubio; Educación Moral, post-modernid y democracia, Trotta, 1996
CARVALHO, Adalberto Dias de; A Contemporaneidade como Utopia, Afrontamento, 2000
CORTINA, Adela; La Ética de la Sociedad Civil, Anaya, 1994
CORTINA, Adela; Ética de la Razón Cordial, E. Nobel, 2007
PATRÍCIO, Manuel Ferreira; Lições de Axiologia Educacional, Universidade Aberta, 1993

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes plus research work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	60,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Please see 'Final Classification' below.

Calculation formula of final grade

- final assessment (100%)
- final assessment (75%) plus mark of the practical research assignment(s) (25%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

- individual or group research assignment(s).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of Instruction: Portuguese