Intercultural Mediation

Code:

DE109

Acronym:

MI

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

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	18	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	65	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit aims at complementing initial training in an emerging area, offering students a wide overview of conflict management and mediation processes.
This curricular unit is based on a wide understanding of the concept of culture, and therefore it does not restrict intercultural mediation to mediation between individuals and groups of different nations or ethnical backgrounds; here, intercultural mediation also encompasses work with minorities.

Objectives (learning outcomes):
- to identify the nature of conflicts, their sources and dynamics;
. to identify different approaches to conflict management, with an emphasis on perception and communication issues;
- to master a conflict mediation process;
- to master fundamental ethical issues in conflict management and mediation.

Competences to acquire:
- to analyses the components of a given conflict;
- to apply processes and techniques of conflict management and mediation;
- to design approaches to conflict management and mediation.

Program

0. Conflicts: nature, typologies, diagnostic models and administration models.
1. Perception: frames and cognitive biases.
2. Communitcation: fundamental models.
3. Conflicts and cultural differences: nationality, ethnicity, gender, social position.
4. Mediation.

Mandatory literature

Lewicki Roy J.; Negotiation. ISBN: 007-124460-3
Moore Christopher W.; O^processo de mediação. ISBN: 85-7307-474-4
Oliveira Ana; A^mediação sócio-cultural. ISBN: 989-8000-02-3
Correia José Alberto 570; Mediação. ISBN: 978-972-36-1083-3
Boqué Torremorell Maria Carme; Cultura de mediação e mudança social. ISBN: 978-972-0-34174-7
Munduate Lourdes Jaca 570; Gestión del conflicto, negociación y mediación. ISBN: 84-368-1924-1
Neves Tiago; Educação para o direito e mediação de conflitos
Neves Tiago Guedes Barbosa do Nascimento; Entre educativo e penitenciário
Milburn Philip; La^médiation. ISBN: 2-7071-3627-1
Folger Joseph P. 220; Nuevas direcciones en mediación. ISBN: 950-12-8707-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures.
Debates.
Group-work.
Role-plays and simulations.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation process requires that students attend classes, without prejudice of what is stated in item 4, article 9 of the evaluation regulation.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark is given based on the final examination (essay).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students that receive a mark below 10 will need to reformulate their essays.

Classification improvement

Reformulation of the essay.