Differential Contexts of Human Development

Code:

E104

Acronym:

CDDH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology of Education

Instance: 2008/2009 - 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
LCE	0	Plano de transição	1	-	4,5	-
LCED	88	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	4,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To promote the acquisition of updated knowledge on intellectual and motivational differences, and on the influence of physical and social contexts in the production of differences, using several sources of information;
- To promote the use of knowledge to discuss several problems and to base the support or the refusal of intervention proposals in the intelligence and motivational domains, in several contexts, especially the academic one;
- To develop the capacity to analyse and evaluate critically the produced knowledge, using the experience of a research, developed in natural setting;
- To develop the capacity to work autonomously and in group.

Program

- General introduction: origins, methods and evolution of the study of differences in Psychology.
- Intelligence. Introduction - definition and evolution of the concept. General aspects of intra and inter-individual and inter-group differentiation by socio-economic status and gender; physical contexts of development - hereditary role; social contexts of development - family and school roles.
- Motivation - Introduction - definition and evolution of the concept. General aspects of intra and inter-individual and inter-group differentiation by socio-economic status and gender; physical contexts of development - hereditary role; social contexts of development - family and school roles.
- Conduction of a small research project - a study in the intellectual or motivational domains -, reflecting about the role of this form of knowledge construction, developing basic capacities, analytical and critical, about the produced research in the domain.

Mandatory literature

Faria, Luísa; Desenvolvimento do auto-conceito físico nas crianças e nos adolescentes, Análise Psicológica, 4(XXXIII), 361-371, 2005
Sternberg, R. J.; Handbook of intelligence, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Faria, Luísa; Contextos diferenciais do desenvolvimento humano. Relatório elaborado no quadro das provas para o título de agregado do 1º grupo (Psicologia) da FPCEUP, Edição do autor, 2005
Ghiglione, R. & Matalon, B.; O inquérito. Teoria e prática, Celta Editora, 2001
Sternberg, R. J.; Inteligência de sucesso, Ésquilo Edições e Multimédia, Lda., 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Contact activities with the students:
- Exposition and debate;
- Work in small groups;
- Oriented field work;
- Simulation of activities;
- Tutorial orientation;
- Presentation of works by students;
- Evaluation of learning.
Autonomous work of the student:
- Reading and analysis of texts;
- Work in small groups;
- Research work;
- Field work;
- Bibliography search;
- Elaboration of a report;
- Organisation and presentation of a work

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Differential psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	0,00
Work in group outside class	Trabalho escrito	11,00		2008-12-14
Autonomous field work	Trabalho escrito	4,00		2008-12-14
Bibliography search	Trabalho escrito	3,00		2008-12-14
Elaboration of written report about the research	Trabalho escrito	10,00		2008-12-14
Organization of the oral presentation about the research	Trabalho escrito	9,00		2008-12-14
Work field orientation	Trabalho escrito	4,50		2008-11-21
Oral presentation of the different phases and results of a research project in natural setting	Teste	3,00		2008-11-25
Research work	Trabalho escrito	3,00		2008-12-14
Work in small groups	Trabalho escrito	6,00		2008-12-12
Activitiy simulation	Teste	2,00		2008-11-18
Learning evaluation	Exame	1,50		2008-12-16
Tutorial orientation	Teste	8,50		2008-12-12
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Prelection and debate	Frequência das aulas	27	2008-11-18
Reading and text analysis	Estudo autónomo	29	2008-12-14
	Total:	56,00

Eligibility for exams

- 3/4 of compulsory presence in classes;
- Active participation in the development and conduction of a small research in natural setting, in smalll group, with the presentation of this work to the entire class (large group), and the production of a final report with an overview of the several phases and results (using APA norms);
- Final examination, written and individual.

Calculation formula of final grade

- Participation and presentation of the phases and results of a research in natural setting (in small group of 5/6 persons) - 20%;
- Written report of the several phases and results of research (small group of 5/6 persons), with a maximum of 10 pages A4, double-spaced, Times 12, following APA norms - 30%;
- Written examination, individual, with a question to develop and several small questions - 50%;
All these components of evaluation are expressed in a 0-20 scale and the students need a minimum of 8 in each of them to make the final sum.
All the students have success if they obtain a minimum of 10.

Examinations or Special Assignments

- Presentation of the phases and development of a research in natural setting during 20 minutes in small group;
- Written report, delivered in the last day of the semester with a maximum of 10 pages A4, double-spaced, Times 12, presenting all the phases of the research.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FPCEUP norms.

Classification improvement

Only possible in the second period of evaluation, after obtaining a minimum of 10 in the written examination.
Not allowed for the other components of evaluation.

Observations

If the students miss the written examination or the presentation (in small group) of the final results of the research, or if they do not participate in the construction of the report (in small group) they fail.
However, if the students fail or quit the written examination, they are allowed to make the examination in the second period of evaluation.