Sociology of the Family and Family Education

Code:

E511

Acronym:

SFEF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sociology of Education

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCED	73	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	6	57	162
		Official Curricular Structure	3	-	6	57	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The family, as an educational institution, is the central object of analysis in this course. Having Sociology of the Family as the main framing discipline, this course finds its program themes and contents to be structured by a sociological and socio-historical perspective on the family, family socialization, and the emergence and centrality of the child and parenting activity as an area of research and a social intervention field.

Learning outcomes and competences

Aims: To contribute intellectually to knowledge and understanding of the phenomena underlying the structuring dimensions of this course as well as to their application and discussion. -- to acquire knowledge on content topics -- to apply knowledge according to modes of realizing assessment -- to be able to collect, select and interpret information about the issue under study; -- to be able to produce a written document, theoretically and methodologically well supported and argued.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I – The Family and Social Sciences 1. The family as a social institution: contributions from Anthropology and History. 1.1 Sociology's contribution: the family as a social group and as a primary social group. II - From family to domestic groups 1. Dimension, structure and dynamics of domestic groups. 2. Contemporary domestic groups. 3. Family trajectory, life-course and family life-cycle. 4. Composition of domestic groups in Portugal. III - The construction of the modern family 1. The family as an affective unit. 2. The transformation of the status of the child within the family. 3. From modern to contemporary family: problems, tensions. IV – The Family and Family Education 1. Strategies for family education and family socialization. 2. Continuities, discontinuities and tensions between family education and school education. 3. The relation between families and schools - from casual participation to organized participation. V - Family and Social Intervention 1. Appearance and development of parent training/ education. 2. Privileged fields, practices and contexts for socio-educational intervention with families. 3. Substituting the family: models of institutional care for children and youth.

Mandatory literature

Ariès Philippe; História social da criança e da família
Delgado Paulo; Acolhimento familiar. ISBN: 978-972-8562-39-7
Montandon Cléopâtre; Entre parents et enseignants. ISBN: 3-261-03697-4
Segalen Martine; Sociologia da família. ISBN: 972-710-234-4
Saraceno Chiara; Sociologia da família. ISBN: 972-33-1235-2
Wall Karin 570; Famílias em Portugal. ISBN: 972-671-161-4
Cunha Vanessa; O^lugar dos filhos. ISBN: 978-972-671-202-2
Stoer Stephen R. 570; Escola-família. ISBN: 972-0-34171-8
Leandro Maria Engrácia; Sociologia da família nas sociedades contemporâneas. ISBN: 978-972-674-323-1
Silva Pedro de Carvalho da; Interface escola-familia, um olhar sociológico
Singly François de; Sociologia da família contemprânea. ISBN: 978-989-8285-50-8
Silva Luísa Ferreira da 570; Acção social na área da família. ISBN: 978-972-674-348-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecturing; Debate; Group work in small and large groups; Reading and analysing texts; Tutorials; Research work; Bibliographic research; Assignment writing; Assessment

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
reading, writing, empirical research, group work	Estudo autónomo	101
evaluation	Trabalho de investigação	4
	Total:	105,00

Eligibility for exams

The adopted assessment type makes it compulsory for the students to comply with attendance norms, while not disregarding what is stated in point 4 of article 9 of the evaluation regulation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Each presented assignment will be graded between 0 and 20 and together they make 100% of final mark. They are to be handed in during regular exam season and they can be revised if to be handed in during make up exam season. Evaluation components There are two evaluation alternatives: 1. group research work to be developed along the semester, supervised during tutorials, on a theme to be determined; 2. group work, to be developed along the semester and supervised during tutorials, analysing a specific concrete case, taking into consideration the theoretical contribution of this course and related to SIIP. Groups can have at the most 3 members.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with Porto University evaluation regulations and the specific norms to be applied in the Educational Sciences and Psychology degrees at FPCE, students who are by law authorized not to attend classes will be called to realize an assignment where they can show they possess the knowledge and skills (previously defined) required to complete this course. This extra assignment, to be handed in during the week before the last week of classes, will be graded on a 0 to 20 scale and will weigh 30% of the final mark.

Classification improvement

In accordance with Porto University evaluation regulations and the specific norms applied in the Educational Sciences and Psychology degrees at FPCE, students may ask, once per each course – during a regular or make up exam season for this course, occurring immediately after the season in which they completed the course – for an opportunity to improve their final mark.