Social and Educational Mediation

Code:

MED302

Acronym:

MSE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Social Studies/Public Policies / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2013/2014 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCED	20	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	4	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit aims to broaden the study of the modalities of intervention in the field of social work, specifically the social mediation and local action approaches as alternative modalities of political and cognitive definition of social problems.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

 Aims:

 

To politically and historically contextualize the issues of social mediation and the local action dimensions in the transition froma societarian organizationfocusedon the state toamarket oriented society;

 

To understand the central role of conflict in the diverse approaches to mediation and the diverse visions of the social role of subjects it implies;

 

To distinguish different perspectives guiding the mediation intervention.

 

 

 

Competencies:

 

Identification of distinct approaches of conflict mediation and their adequacyin intervention contextsby means of multiple case analyses;

 

Activatedevices of mediationby contextualising the conflict situations.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

 Program

 

Part One - General framework

 

1 – Social and cognitive production of the concept of social mediation.

 

1.1 - The crisis ofmacro-social integration devices: work, school and the political dimension.

 

2 - Socialspacesand time heterogeneity.

 

3 - The ambiguities of the revaluationof the localscalein social problems management. The diverse “local” meanings:from cyber-place to rural worldunderstood as "landscape keeper".

 

4 - New configurations of social policies, devicesand management agents: from social "zapping" to social mediation.

 

5 - Cognitiveandpolitical dimensionsto consider in the construction of intervention alternatives.

 

 

 

Part Two – Fields, models and intervention practices by means of mediation: case studies

 

6 – The mediation spaces:professional agents/intervention devices.

 

6.1. Theconflict as an object of synthesis:the mediatoras the 3rdexcluded.

 

6.2. Theconflict as an object of mobilization:the mediatoras the 3rd included.

 

7 – Mediation in school contexts.

 

8 - Mediation inlegal contexts.

 

9 - Mediation infamily contexts.

 

10 - Mediation incommunity contexts.

 

Mandatory literature

Correia, J. A. and A. M. C. Silva, Eds. ; Mediação: (D)os Contextos e (D)os actores. , Porto, CIIE e Edições Afrontamento., (2010)
Torremorell, M. C. B. ; Cultura de mediação e mudança social. , Porto, Porto Editora., (2008).
Six, J.-F. ; Les Médiateurs. , Paris, Le Cavalier Bleu., (2003).
Correia, J. A. and J. Caramelo ; "Da mediação local ao local da mediação: figuras e políticas." , Educação, Sociedade e Culturas 20 167-191., (2003).
Vaz, H. ; "A mediação em contexto de formação como reinvenção de novos ofícios: o caso dos estágios e da licenciatura em Ciências da Educação na Universidade do Porto." , Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 29: 53-72., (2009)
Neves, T.; "Practice Note: community mediation as social intervention." , Conflict Resolution Quarterly 26(4): 481-495., (2009)
Guilaume-Hofnung, M. ; La médiation. , Paris, PUF., (2000).
Schwerin, Edward W. ; Mediation, Citizenship Empowerment and Transformational Politics. , Westport: Praeger Publishers., (1995).
Vasconcelos-Sousa, José; O que é Mediação. , s/l: Quimera., (2002).
Milburn, Philip ; La Médiation: Expériences et competences., Paris: La Découverte., (2002).
Hamzaoui, Mejed ; El Trabajo Social Territorializado. Las transformaciones de la acción pública en la intervención social. , València: Nau Llibres & Universitat de València., (2005).
Cardinet, Annie; École et Médiations. , Ramonville Saint-Agnes: Éditions Érès., (2000).
Mayer, Bernard ; Beyond Neutrality: Confronting the Crisis in Conflict Resolution. , São Francisco: Jossey-Bass., (2004).
Bonafé-Schmitt, J.-P. ; La médiation: une justice douce., Paris, Syros., (1992).

Teaching methods and learning activities

 Teaching methods

 

Lecturesand debate

 

Text analysis

 

Tutorial monitoring

 

Presentation and discussion of cases.

 

 

 

Two hour sessions,in atheoretical and practical program, are organizedas follows:

 

The firstfivesessionsare devoted to the content of the 1st Part of the program and intend to provide anoverall frameworkof the problematic of social mediation;

 

The nextsixsessions will focuson the 2nd part of the program. The institutionalization of the mediation processes as an intervention strategy and thesystematization of mediationmodels of that follow this process will be discussed. In the second part case studies ofsocial interventionsbased on themediation willbe presented,analyzed and discussed.

 

The last two sessions aim atdevelopinga holistic approach to the learning content as well asdiscussionson the assessment work plan proposed by the students.

 

keywords

Social sciences > Educational sciences
Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	18,00
Total:	108,00

Eligibility for exams

Eligibility for exams

The assessment process requires that students must attend at least 75% of the sessions.Exceptions are those students legally exempt from class attendance.

 

 

 

Calculation formula of final grade

 

Calculation of final mark

 

The final gradeis based on anindividual essaythat can takeoneof following three forms:

 

1. Based on the theoretical contributionsin the field of mediation, the students will analyse acase involvingasituation ofsocial intervention (in a broad sense).The caseor situationto be analyzed maybe proposedby students andagreed upon with theteachersof the curricular unit;

2. Based on the modes of definition and the approaches tosocial interventionor management of conflictspresented in the sessions, the students will further (re)conceptualise and reconfiguredthework already completedorin progressduring thesemester in another curricular unit;

3. Based on the theoretical contributionsin the field of mediation, the students will develop an analysis, limitedin its length, of the process experienced in themaster’s course or a specific content,theme orissue relevant for preparationof the dissertation.

 

 

 

In any case,the essaymust have amaximum of 10to 15 pages.

 

It is an individual essay and will be evaluated as 90% of the final grade. Teacherscan use theremaining 10% of the total grade toevaluate student’s participationand attendance.

 

The final mark of the curricular unit is express in a 0-20 scale.

 

 

 

Assignment evaluation criteria:

 

The coherenceand consistency of the theoreticalanalysisproduced;

 

Personal and critical appropriationof the theoretical contributionsin the production of the analysis and the development of the arguments.

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Eligibility for exams

 

The assessment process requires that students must attend at least 75% of the sessions.Exceptions are those students legally exempt from class attendance.

 

 

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special assessment (working students, union leaders, ...)

 

Students legally authorised to not attending the sessions must deliver an individual essay (15 to 20 pages) and discuss it with the curricular unit teachers. This aims at assessing the achievement of the curricular unit competences and learning-outcomes.

 

This essay aims to summarize andcriticallyaddressthe wholeorpart of the themesof the Curricular Unit,particularly the contributions of mediation tothe definition ofsocial problemsand interventionin socialand educational fields.

Classification improvement

mprovement of final/distributed grade

 

To improve the final grade students must deliver an individual essay (15 to 20 pages) and discuss it with the teachers of the curricular unit. The essay is supposed tosummarize andcriticallyaddressthe wholeorpart of the themesof theCurricular Unit particularly the contributions of mediation tothe definition ofsocial problemsand interventionin socialand educational fields.