Deepened Topics of Education, Communities and Social Change

Code:

DE300

Acronym:

QAECMS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S (since 08-02-2021 to 28-05-2021)

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	16	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	12	98	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

As a core curricular unit in the 'Education, Communities and Social Change' domain, it aims to deepen and problematize the concepts of community health, community, social change, human rights and citizenship, allowing students, in a first phase, the identification of lines of work, within this domain, and subsequently, the construction of their research / internship projects in Educational Sciences.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge and developed skills that will allow them to:

 

- Reflect on policies, programs, projects and practices of educational, social and community intervention in a critical and grounded manner.

 

- Analyze and discuss different processes, projects and socio-educational intervention strategies;

 

- Develop a research object and an investigation / action plan;

 

- Identify the relevance of the research object in the broad field of Educational Sciences.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable.

Program

1. Experience and practice - research and intervention

1.1 Project architecture: dissertation, project and internship

1.2 Methodological and ethical challenges

1.3 Perspective initiatives / projects (exploration of relevant projects / initiatives in the field of community health)

2. Thematic classes in the field of Education, Communities and Social Change (to be identified by teachers)

3. Design and development of participatory research / intervention projects in the field of education, community (ies) and social change

3.1 Identification of research lines

3.2 Identification of institutions with intervention at community level

3.3 Elaboration of research project

Mandatory literature

Virginia Braun; Successful qualitative research. ISBN: 978-1-84787-582-2
COHEN, Louis; MANION, Lawrence, MORRISON, Keith ; Research Methods in Education. , London and New York: Routlegde Falmer. , 2000
SOMEKH, Bridget & LEWIN, Cathy (Eds.) ; Research Methods in the Social Sciences. , London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: SAGE Publications., 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

As it is a course that involves the definition of a research-internship project by students, participatory methodologies will be explored, although guided by a set of methodological and conceptual devices. Thus, the course assumes the involvement of students and will include sessions:

- for exploiting resources of a methodological and ethical nature;


- themes that account for ongoing research within the domain's themes;


- work aimed at defining the objects and issues of investigation / internship.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

The assessment model adopted assumes compliance with attendance in accordance with the law for the remaining courses of the faculty and without prejudice to the provisions of point 4 of article 9 of the assessment regulation.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is base on:

- Face-to-face participation 20%
- Written work 80%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

If necessary, the definition of the modalities of carrying out the work of this course, in the case of the TE, will be imperatively contracted in the first classes.

Classification improvement

Through improving written work.