Fundamentals of Education Theory

Code:

OP121

Acronym:

CEFTE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	No
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	0	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The curricular unit Teorias e Fundamentos da Educação emerges as an optional within the Master of Educational Sciences with the aim of creating a space for reflection and debate on the identity and perspectives of Educational Sciences. Especially aimed at students who do not have an educational background in Education, it is intended, with this course, to contribute to the creation of a common language and ownership of basic concepts in science Educational Sciences.

Learning outcomes and competences

1) Understand education as individual and social phenomenon.

2) To contextualize the educational phenomenon as a social and scientific object.

3) To describe and discuss some of the major current issues in Education.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. The phenomenological analysis of the educational act

II. The identity of Educational Sciences.

III. The social affirmation of Educational Sciences: issues and current educational debates

Mandatory literature

Berger, Guy; A investigação em educação: modelos socioepistemológicos e inserção institucional, 2009
Boavida, João; Amado, João; Ciências da Educação: epistemologia, identidade e perspectivas, 2008
Carvalho, Adalberto Dias; Epistemologia das Ciências da Educação, 1988
Canário, Rui; O impacte social das Ciências da Educação, 2005
Charlot, Bernard; A mistificação pedagógica: realidades sociais e processos ideológicos na teoria da educação
Mialaret, Gaston; As Ciências da Educação, 1999
Nóvoa, António; Educação 2021 – para uma história do futuro, 2014

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course, favoring the learning activities on teaching activities will be developed according to the study circle methodology focusing methods as group work, presentation in the classroom context and debate.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

- Group work, presented in the context of the classroom, with 40% weighting in the final classification;

- Individual essay, delivered at the end of the semester, with a weighting of 60% in the final classification.

The themes of the works (both group and individual) are negotiated between teachers and students, from the course's content.



NOTE: In the face of possible situations that constitute the practice of fraud, the procedures will be in accordance with Article 14 of the Assessment Regulation of students of FPCEUP where one can read that "the fraud committed in the evaluation imply the annulment of the same and the communication to the statutorily competent body (Pedagogical Council) for possible disciplinary action. Under the FPCEUP, it is understood as fraud copying, plagiarism or any other practice which results in an unlawful benefit for the classification of the student.  "