Supervision Seminar

Code:

MTP06

Acronym:

SEMO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Applied Psychology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=407599
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Psychology Themes

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTP	11	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	6	90	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow a proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and related fields, to plan the development of an individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.

 

This unit specifically aims to follow up, manage and monitor the implementation of the individual research projet; more specifically:

1- To guide the use of adequate methods of data collection in a specific field of research (thematic area)

2- To guide the use of adequate methods of data analysis in a specific field of research (thematic area)

Learning outcomes and competences

1- To test and use specific methods to conduct qualified data collection tasks in a specific filed (thematic area)

2- To select and use adequate methods to conduct qualified data analysis tasks in a given framework

Working method

Presencial

Program

1- The preparation of research instruments

2- The specific processes and procedures to conduct qualified data collection tasks in a given research design

3- The definition of methods to conduct qualified data analysis tasks to answer a given research question

4- Developing a research progress report, with particular emphasis on defining the research plan and on the description of the research methods.

Mandatory literature

Vários. ; Vários. (Various. Books and papers related with the specific topic of the research project)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Contact sessions: Tutorial work meetings with the supervisor; presentation of field work/assignments; formative and summative evaluation activities

Invited experts create opportunity to enhance and diversify the training of the students; students’ sharing of their diverse professional experiences/scientific fields represents an additional gain

Student autonomous work: literature review; research tasks; written research report

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	50,00
Estudo autónomo	58,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75% of the contact hours, attend selected classes, meet with the supervisor and submit a written report describing the research design and methods of their project, in which they must achieve the minimum grade of 9. 5 out of 20.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is obtained by the supervisor continuous evaluation (representing 30% of the final classification) and by the written report describing the research design and methods (representing 70% of the final classification).

Examinations or Special Assignments

not applicable

Internship work/project

not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

not applicable

Classification improvement

not applicable

Observations

Considering the operational recommendations for maintaining teaching and non-teaching activities in person, but in the impossibility of guaranteeing the presence of all the teaching activities of the 1st semester of 2020/2021 in the current pandemic context, due to the lack of physical facilities able to accommodate with security the number of students in this cycle of studies, the tutorial guidance component of this UC will partially take place at a distance, with synchronous moments, using telematic means.