Qualification and Skills in Organizations and Work

Code:

P734

Acronym:

QCOT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	114	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	2	-	3	30	81
			3
			4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To identify the emergency context of the idea of competence
To identify the meaning of Qualifications concerning the context of work
To identify and to distinguish between certification, capacities and competences
To identify the feature of the work dynamic situations
To explain the impact of the features of the work dynamic situations in the workers cognitive activity
To collect data in work context
To check work activities that can be seen at work
To prepare a written report about the collected data
To discuss the knowledge about the regarded problematic
To analyse, evaluate and reflect about the achieved data

Program

1. The changes of work organization and the idea of competence;
2. Competence definition
. The Ergonomic contribution
. The Psychology contribution
. The Work Sociology contribution
3. The concept clarification
. Competence and qualification
. Competence and certification
. Competence and capacity
4. To describe competences
. Capacity
. Knowledge
. To know how to do it
. How to behave
. To know, to know how to do, to be
. Cognitive competences
5. Vergnaud ´s contribution to the competence study
. The theory of activity
. The scheme notion
. The scheme composition
6. Hoc´s contribution to the competence study
. Representation and treatment system
. The characteristics of dynamic situations
7. Intervention to analyse the working place and the assistants competence through observation, interviews, checklist of competences.
8. Results discussion with the assistants

Mandatory literature

Figari Gérard 340; Avaliação de competências e aprendizagens experienciais. ISBN: 972-8036-81-7
Carré Philippe 300; Tratado das ciências e das técnicas da formação. ISBN: 972-771-345-9
Miguel Díaz, M ; Metodología de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje para el Desarrollo de Competencias. , Alianza Editorial, 2006
Pires, A. ; Educação e Formação ao Longo da Vida: análise crítica dos sistemas e dispositivos de reconhecimento e validação de aprendizagens e competências, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkien, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Contact activities:
Lecture;
Group discussion and at a theme classroom;
To attend the development in the working field;
Discussion of the presented report;

2. Autonomous activities
To search information sources;
To read and to analyse documentary and written sources
To execute data collect in the field;
To make a rapport;
To reflect about the developed work

keywords

Social sciences
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	44,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

In the valuation it will be considered the following components:
1. Written Text (10 marks)
2. Group Written report (10 marks)

The classifications of each components and the final classification will be qualified in a 0-20 scale mark. If a valuation component is not done it will have 0 marks valuation. The minimum demand classification is:
- 4 marks in written text
- 4 marks in written report

Examinations or Special Assignments

Unforeseen

Classification improvement

The improvement of partial classifications can be made through the works. The improvement will be limited to the elements of evaluation that can be repeated for its nature and so allow the redefinition of the classification that was initially conferred.
The recourse of partial classifications is possible through new works if equivalent to those which classifications are being the object of recourse.
The recourse will be limited to the components that can be, by nature, subject to repeating and for that it will permit to redefine the initial classification.
Special situations will be discussed with the teaching team at the beginning of UC.

Observations

Special situations will be discussed with the teaching team at the beginning of uc.