Social Justice and School Evaluation Policies

Code:

E614

Acronym:

JSPAE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

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	11	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• To develop critical and theoretically supported thinking about social justice and the school evaluation policies;

• To promote the understanding of the synergies between the concepts approached in the curricular unit,

• To critically analyse the school external evaluation model used in Portugal, based on the ideal of social justice

• To analyse educational situations based in the theoretical referents;

Learning outcomes and competences

• To master concepts and perspectives concerning social justice and school evaluation

• To critically analyse national and international school evaluation policies;

• To develop critical thinking towards the concepts worked in the curricular unit;

• To develop the ability to assess social and educational situations based on the social justice referents;

• To be able to produce evaluation opinions/diagnosis concerning social and educational situations/projects;

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

1. Social Justice:
1.1. The concept of social justice in education;
1.2. Perspectives about curricular justice;
1.3. Equity and Equality of Opportunities in Education;
1.4. The place of social justice in the policies for the promotion of school success and educational improvement.

2. School Evaluation Policies:
2.1. A retrospective of European policies on school evaluation;
2.2. Principles behind the school evaluation policies;
2.3. School evaluation in Portugal;
2.4. The place of school evaluation in the promotion of school success and educational improvement.

3. The place of school evaluation policies in the promotion of justice in education.

Mandatory literature

Alaiz Vitor; Auto-avaliação de escolas. ISBN: ISBN 972-41-3305-2
Apple Michael W. 570; Escolas democráticas. ISBN: 972-0-34801-1
Bolívar Antonio; Como melhorar as escolas. ISBN: 972-41-3603-5
Díaz Amparo Seijas; Avaliação da qualidade das escolas. ISBN: 972-41-3409-1
Guba Egon G.; Fourth generation evaluation. ISBN: 0-8039-3235-9
Leite Carlinda; O^currículo e o multiculturalismo no sistema educativo português. ISBN: 972-31-0932-8
Moreira António Flávio 570; Globalização e educação. ISBN: 972-0-34826-7
Rawls John; Justicia como equidad. ISBN: 84-309-3380-8
Torres Santomé Jurjo; Currículo escolar e justiça social. ISBN: 978-85-65848-21-3
Stufflebeam Daniel L.; Evaluation theory, models, and applications. ISBN: 978-0-7879-7765-8
Vincent Carol 340; Social justice, education and identity. ISBN: 0-415-29696-X

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodology rests on an active pedagogical approach combined with a strategy of joint responsibility between the teachers and the students, in the learning process. The first few classes, dedicated to a conceptual framing, will be of the responsibility of the teachers. The remaining classes will be assured by the students, in cooperation and with the support of the teachers. In these classes the students are expected to present the result of a group work regarding a specific theme/content addressed in the first sessions, with the intention to deepen the knowledge on such subjects. The themes will be chosen by each group. During the presentation time, the teachers will provide constructive comments and insights, clarifying the concepts and themes. It is also expected that students use their autonomous work time to conduct their research on the concepts essential to the comprehension of the themes/contents, as well as on relevant and complementary bibliography.
Also, each student is expected to individually develop a critical research work.
All groups will be supported and tutored during the preparation of their group work. Also, the teachers will ensure all the support need by students during the development of the individual work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo
Frequência das aulas
Trabalho de investigação
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

In terms of students’ attendance this curricular unit falls under the theoretical- practical statute, which considers that “a student fulfils the attendance to a curricular unit if, being in a regular registration, do not exceed the maximum of absence of 25% of the total of foreseen classes”.

Calculation formula of final grade

Regarding to the final grade calculation formula, the evaluation is distributed without a final exam, with the following weighting in the final classification: 50% on attendance and presentation of the group work; 50% on the critical individual work.

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A