Introduction to Social Sciences

Code:

E101

Acronym:

ICS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sociology of Education

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCED	85	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	65	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course consists as a moment of initiation to the knowledge in Social Sciences scope, drawing, at the same time, lines of complementarity with other courses of this first semester and of continuity with this first degree study plan. It is intended to contribute for the construction of a mentality that looks for educative phenomena as social phenomena and as particular expressions of general social processes. From a pedagogical point of view, it will be mobilized themes emergent of the social reality that will allow the reflection about thespecificity of the human reality while social reality. In this context will be emphasized the epistemological rupture with naturalistic, idealistic and etnocentrista explanations. Follwing this concerns, it will be discussed science as a particular form of scientific and also pratical knowledge, calling to the attention for theoretical and methodological particular procedures. It will be stimulated the development of a sociological imagination and also an analytical, reflexive and critical attitude.
Aims:
- To observe and to analyze contexts and situations of the everyday life;
- To identify, in the observed contexts, educative subjects and problems as also the expression of general social phenomena;
- Reflecting on the complexity of the identified fenómenos, mobilizing the contributions of History, Anthropology and Sociology;
- To question critically the social and educative reality;
- To adopt methodologies of work with responsibility, authonomy, cooperation and communication;
- To initiate the contact with theoretical, metodológical and ethical procedures required in a scientifique research process.

Program

1. Introduction to the understanding of thespecificity of the human reality while social reality: individual, society, nature and cultures.
2. Social Sciences as a particular form of knowing and understanding the social reality: the social plurality and unity of Social Sciences
3. The constitution of Social Sciences: Durkheim, Marx and Weber contributions.

Mandatory literature

Nunes A. Sedas; Questões preliminares sobre as ciências sociais
Coulson Margaret A.; Introdução crítica à sociologia
Giddens Anthony; Sociologia. ISBN: 972-31-0758-9
Silva A. Santos 570; Metodologia das ciências sociais
Cuche Denys; A noção de cultura nas ciências sociais. ISBN: ISBN 972-754-142-9
Mills C. Wright; A imaginação sociológica
Santos Boaventura de Sousa; Um discurso sobre as ciências. ISBN: 972-36-0174-5
Nunes Adérito Sedas; Sobre o problema do conhecimento nas ciências sociais

Teaching methods and learning activities

Total number of hours: 162
Hours of contact: 65 (4h weekly) Independent working hours: 97
Type of work - Theoretical and practical
A- Activities of contact (total of hours 65)
Theoretical - 20h
Debate - 8h
Group activities - 8h
Fieldwork (with orientation and support) 20h
B - Autonomous work (total of 97h)
Reading and analysis of the recommended authors + bibliographical Research - 17h
Exploratory study (group activity): 80h (including i) bibliographical research; II) clarification and group discussion of readings; III) data collection; IV) analysis and interpretation of collected data ; v) results discussion; vi) writing thereport; vii) preparation for the presentation of the report C - Evaluation and Presentation of works for the students/Evaluation - 9h

keywords

Humanities > History
Social sciences > Sociology
Social sciences > Anthropology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	88,00
	Total:	-	0,00