Quality Assessment of Educational Contexts

Code:

P741

Acronym:

AQCE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	59	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To integrate theoretical explanatory models of development and learning into a systemic-ecological rationale;

- To get to know models of quality assessment of educational contexts;

- To identify critical context dimensions in the promotion of development and learning;

- To get to know intervention strategies to promote development and learning in educational contexts

Program

1) Conceptualization of quality of educational contexts. Models to analyze quality of educational contexts. Different perspectives on quality. Global quality and quality in specific domains. The impact of quality on development and learning.
2)Quality in early childhood education. Assessment of global quality in child care and preschool centers.
3) Quality of language and literacy environment: An example of quality assessment in a specific domain. Intervention perspectives.
4) Quality of teacher-student interactions: From elementary to secondary school. Emotional support. Classroom organization. Instructional support.
5) The inclusion of students with disabilities: Quality of inclusive experience and development of participation in educational contexts.

Mandatory literature

Gamelas Ana Madalena de Almeida Vieira; Literacia e qualidade em contextos pré-escolares inclusivos
Cadima Joana Dias; Teacher-child interactions and classroom quality in Portuguese elementary school classrooms
Arends Richard I.; Aprender a ensinar. ISBN: 978-84-481-6010-4
Neuman susan B. 340; Handbook of early literacy research. ISBN: 1-57230-653-X
Vários; Qualidade e projecto na educação pré-escolar., Ministério da Educação, 1997
Odom, S.; Alargando a roda. A inclusão de crianças com necessidades educativas especiais na educação pré-escolar., Porto Editora, 2007
Portugal, G.; Avaliação em educação pré-escolar. Sistema de acompanhamento das crianças., Porto Editora, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

To participate in the expository sessions prepared by the teacher and to read the bibliography; To train the application of instruments to assess quality of educational contexts with the support of videotaped short scenes for scoring practice; To use specific procedures with the support of videotaped situations and records of classroom events;
To elaborate intervention plans on the basis of data obtained through quality assessment.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Educational psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75% of the classes.
Each student has to present a written report including an in-depth literature revision on a selected subject approached in the Curricular Unit.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade corresponds to the classification obtained in the written report.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students in special conditions should contact the responsible for the unit at the beginning of the semester.