Ethics and Work in Education

Code:

MED202

Acronym:

ETE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Sciences Ethics

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

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	53	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	3	24	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. Take ownership of a set of structural concepts that make it possible to distinguish a moral enterprise from an ethical one.

2. Confront your personal knowledge with the speeches and culturally validated concepts related to the area of knowledge that Ethics constitutes.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Reflect on educational and socio-educational problems, due to an approach subordinated to the assumptions and purposes of ethical challenge.

2. Develop skills in writing texts that can be characterized as texts of an academic nature.

3. Critically analyze texts, situations and projects

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

1. Ethics, morals and education: Conceptual clarification and configuration of the space for reflection and debate.

2. Educational intervention projects and social and community action as ethical enterprises: What assumptions? What challenges? What requirements? What commitments?

3. ethical dimension of the action of education professionals: What challenges? What requirements? What dilemmas?

Mandatory literature

Baptista Isabel; Dar rosto ao futuro. ISBN: 972-8562-15-2
Durkheim Emile; Sociologia, educação e moral
Garcia Joe; Ética e educação. ISBN: 978-85-7854-184-2
Hugman Richard; New approaches in ethics for the caring professions. ISBN: 1-4039-1471-0
La Taille, Yves; Moral e ética: Dimensões intelectuais e afetivas, Artmed, 2006
Feldman J. 300; Éthique, épistémologie et sciences de l.homme. ISBN: 2-7384-4344-3
Bauman, Zygmunt; Ética pós-moderna, Paulus, 2013
Baptista, Isabel; Capacidade ética e desejo metafísico: Uma interpelação à razão pedagógica, Afrontamento, 2007
Baptista Isabel; Ética e educação: Estatuto ético da relação educativa, Universidade Portucalense, 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures; Group Work related to Problem-Based Learning model; Debates; Online Foruns; Personal Essays.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	57,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Each student must be present in at least 75% of the classes provided.

Calculation formula of final grade

Group Work - 40% 

Presencial debates orin  online foruns - 40%

Personal Essays - 10%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the law

Observations

Not applicable