Internship

Code:

MED303

Acronym:

EDP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - A

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	14	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	52	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The curricular internship of the Education Sciences Master  aims to encourage the initiation of autonomous professional practice and the integration into professional contexts,  through the systematic contact with the fields of potential professional practice.

Learning outcomes and competences

a) to develop the necessary, personal and relational resources for a successful integration at the level: i) of the team of professionals, ii) of the local supervisor, and iii) of the target population, demonstrating the capacity to face situations of tension and conflict;

b) apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the course in a competent, flexible and creative way, demonstrating: i) autonomy, responsibility, intentionality in action and critical positioning regarding options; ii) motivation and involvement; iii) responsible autonomy and initiative; iv) creativity and ability to propose new activities and methodologies appropriate to each context in solving problems and difficulties, recognizing the ethical and social implications of the actions;

c) produce a final report based on a rigorous theoretical-conceptual reflection and ethics, about the articulation between practice and knowledge, about the contributions of Education Sciences and the profession to the context.

Working method

Presencial

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

not applicable

Program

The syllabus contents are contextual because the internships are organized according to the various domains of the MCED and in a wide range of contexts, previously registered for cooperation, covering the multiplicity of professional functions of the master's profile in Education Sciences, of which we highlight: conception, implementation, evaluation and execution of educational, community and institutional intervention programs and projects, and management, evaluation and animation of training.

The trainee is doubly oriented, by a local supervisor who monitors the activities carried out and by an advising teacher who meets regularly with the trainees, to ensure the connection between theoretical learning and practical requirements. It is also the supervisor's responsibility to ensure mediation between the faculty and the host entities during the internship, at the beginning, to adjust the internship, and at the end to collect the (qualitative) supervision assessment.

Mandatory literature

Carmo, Hermano (coord.); Problemas Sociais Contemporâneos, Lisboa: Universidade Aberta, 2001
Caria Telmo H. 570; Saber profissional. ISBN: 972-40-2480-6
Correia José Alberto; Da mediação local ao local da mediação
Fartes Vera 570; Saber e formação no trabalho profissional relacional. ISBN: 978-85-232-1072-4
Fernandes, M. Fátima Araújo ; “O “Princípio da Responsabilidade” de Hans Jonas: em Busca dos Fundamentos Éticos da Educação Contemporânea” , Porto Afrontamento, 2004

Comments from the literature

The bibliography is variable depending on the context of the internship. However, some basic bibliographic references are considered, given the general and specific objectives of the internship:

Teaching methods and learning activities

The trainee goes from an initial situation of participation by observation to a progressively more autonomous exercise, in the context of a practice that is continually reflected, whether in the relationship with the supervisor or with the local focal person.

In addition to information from regular contacts between the supervisor and the intern, meetings are held between the intern, the supervisor and the local focal person; the latter, at the end of the internship, fills out a qualitative assessment form that is given to the supervisor.

Seminars between interns and supervisors, by domain, also take place as moments of joint training.

Although the guidance is carried out continuously, evaluation is carried out through the delivery of a final report. At the end of the year, a report is delivered by the student, presenting and theoretically and methodologically analyzing the activities carried out and the value of the internship experience for the profession. At the appropriate time, the internship report and public defense of the internship report takes place.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Realização de Estágio	340,00
Total:	340,00

Eligibility for exams

Experience in a real work context, continued over time (340 hours) with qualitative assessment of local supervision and continued presence in orientation sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

The Master's academic degree is assigned with a final classification expressed in the range of 10-20, as well as its equivalent on the European scale of comparability of classifications, on a scale from A to E (according to art. 18 to 229 of Decree-Law n9 42/2005, of 22 February, and with the algorithm approved by DGES and applied in UPorto). The final classification of the internship report is attributed in the public act of its defense. The final classification is calculated by the weighted average of the classifications obtained in the curricular units that constitute the study plan and in the public act of defense of the internship report, with the following weighting coefficients: 50% for the curricular part and 50% for the internship , respective report and its defense. A qualitative mention will also be attributed to the master's degree, with the following four classes, provided for in Decree-Law No. 42/2005, of 22 February: a) From 10 to 13 - Sufficient; b) 14 and 15 - Good; c) 16 and 17 - Very good, d) 18 to 20 - Excellent.

Examinations or Special Assignments

not applicable

Internship work/project

340 h

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

not applicable

Classification improvement

not applicable

Observations

The MCED curricular internship is governed by a specific regulation available on the course website. The production of the Internship Report also obeys specific rules contained in a document accessible on the course website.