Citizenship and Diversity

Code:

MED201

Acronym:

CD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Social Studies/Public Policies / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/FICHA_DISCIPLINA.EDITAR?p_cad_codigo=MED201&p_periodo=2S&p_ano_lectivo=2009/2010
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	51	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	3	32	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Citizenship and Diversity aims to confront students with issues related to citizenship, in its relationship with the state, communities, as well as in its relationship among individuals and in its articulation with civil, political, social and cultural rights. From then, it debates issues of inclusion/exclusion and socio-cultural diversity.

Aims
. to read and interpret social reality in its complexity;
. to debate concepts of citizenship, inclusion/exclusions and socio-cultural diversity;
. to acknowledge relevant contributions on such issues;
. to identify social processes and contexts that may produce exclusion and inclusion.

Competences
. critical analysis of socio-educational devices and contexts on equality and diversity;
. development of research on contexts of formal and non formal education.

Learning Outcomes
. critical analysis of written and visual texts and socio-educational problems regarding equality and diversity
. developing a theoretical framework on these issues for a research project (dissertation)

Program

Main concepts and their critical analysis
. Debates on citizenship? Different theories.Debates em torno de cidadania ? as teorias em campo
. Inclusion/Exclusion - contributions of Pierre Bourdieu La Misère du Monde
. Social difference as a political resource - Iris Young on Politics of Difference
. Diversity and interculturality - Touraine in Iguais e Diferentes (Equals and Differents)
References
Araújo, Helena C. (2007) "Cidadania na sua polifonia ? debates nos estudos de educação feministas?" in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 83-116
Arnot, Madeleine (2007) "Masculinidades de classse trabalhadora, escola e justiça social: revisitando o significado sociológico de Paul Willis em Learning to Labour" in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 9-42
Benhabib, Sheila (2004) The Rights of Others ? Aliens, residents and citizens, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Bolivar, Antonio (2007) Educación para la ciudadanía ? algo más que un asignatura, Barcelona: Ed. Graó
Bourdieu, Pierre (1999) A miséria do mundo, Petrópolis: Editora Vozes, pp. 683-713.
Bourdieu, Pierre (1998) O que falar quer dizer, Oeiras: Difel, pp. 21-52.
Capucha, Luís (1998) "Pobreza, exclusão e marginalidades", in J. M. Viegas e A. F. (orgs) Portugal: Que Modernidade?, Oeiras: Celta
Costa, Alfredo Bruto da (1998) Exclusões, Lisboa: Gradiva
Estêvão, Carlos (2007) "Direitos Humanos, Justiça e Educação", in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 43-81
Fonseca, Laura (2007) "Corpo falado: sexualidades, poder e educação" in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 135-168
Fraser, Nancy e Gordon, Linda (1995) "Contrato versus Caridade: porque não existe cidadania social nos Estados Unidos?" in Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 42, 27-52
Marshall, T.H. (1967) "Cidadania e Classe Social? in Cidadania, Classe Social e Status", Rio: Zahar Editores, 1963, pp. 57-114.
Menezes, Isabel (2005) ?De que falamos quando falamos de cidadania?? in C. Carvalho, F. Sousa e J. Pintasilgo (orgs) A educação para a cidadania, Porto; Porto Editora, 13-22
Nunes, Rosa S. (2003) Nada sobre nós sem nós ? a centralidade da comunicação na obra de boaventura Sousa Santos, S. Paulo: Cortez Editora
Perrenoud, Philippe (2005) Escola e cidadania ? o papel da escola na formação para a democracia, Porto Alegre: Artmed
Santos, Boaventura Sousa (2000) A crítica da razão indolente, Porto, Edições Afrontamento, pp. 209-235
Sarmento, Manuel J., Fernandes, Natália e Tomás, Catrina (2007) ?Políticas Públicas e Participação Infantil?, in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 183-206
Stoer, Stephen R. & Magalhães, António (2005) A Diferença Somos Nós ? a gestão a mudança social e as políticas educativas e sociais, Porto: Afrontamento
Touraine, Alain (1995) ?O racismo hoje?, in M. Wieviorka, (org.) Racismo e Modernidade, Lisboa: Bertrand Editora, pp. 25-43
Touraine, Alain (1997) Iguais e diferentes, Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, pp. 127-172.
Young, Iris M. (2000) Inclusion and Democracy, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Mandatory literature

Bourdieu Pierre; A Miseria do Mundo, Vozes, 2001
Touraine Alain; Iguais e diferentes. ISBN: 972-771-063-8
Arnot Madeleine; Educating the gendered citizen, Routledge, 2009
Bolivar antonio; Educacion para la ciudadania
Perrenoud Philippe; Escola e cidadania. ISBN: 85-363-0420-0
fonseca Laura; justica social e educacao, afrontamento, 2009
Santos boaventura sousa; A critica da razao indolente, afrontamento, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Face to face Activities
Theoretical exposition and conceptual exploration
Presentation of texts by students
Debates
Conferences
Tutorial sessions

Individual Work
group work
bibliographic search
field work
preparation for group or individual presentation in class sessions

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	20,00
bibliographic search	Trabalho escrito	8,00		2011-06-03
research project	Trabalho laboratorial	30,00		2011-05-27
final presentation of essay or other written work	Exame	8,00		2011-06-13
tutorials	Teste	10,00		2011-05-27
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
critical reading texts	Estudo autónomo	14	2011-06-04
	Total:	14,00

Eligibility for exams

The students must attend at least 75% of the sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

The process is constituted as follows:

i. Participation in the tasks distributed in each session
ii. Writing a 3000 paper (references included) on a firm or novel concerning rights, citizenship, inclusion/exclusion, cultural diversity, with the following features:

 Identification of a problematic (theoretical introduction/ literature review)
 discussion of contributions from authors reviewed concerning with the problematic identified
 reading the film or the novel thrrough these lenses
references

The final mark of the curricular unit is expressed in a 0-20 scale.
The implication of the students in the tasks will be evaluated with a maximum of 20%. The paper referred to will be evaluated with a maximum of 80% of the 0-20 scale.

Examinations or Special Assignments

none

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The students legally authorised to not attending the sessions will deliver, besides the essay referred to above, an review essay on a book from the readng list (to be arranged with the teacher)

Classification improvement

Those students whishing to improve their evaluation or those who could not meet the regular procedures can (re)write the paper or be submitted to an (oral) examination about it.