Sociology of Mediation Devices

Code:

P736

Acronym:

SDM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social and Human Sciences

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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	28	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit aims to broaden the study of the principles, models and intervention practices in the field of social work, focusing the social and socioeducational mediation approaches as alternative modalities of political and cognitive definition of social problems, leading to the definition of intervention practices sensitive to complexity and heterogeneity of the new social issues.

 

In this sense the aims of the subject are:

To politically and historically contextualize the issues of social mediation and the local action dimensions in the transition from a societarian organization focused on the state to a market oriented society;

To understand the central role of conflict in the diverse approaches to mediation and the diverse visions of the social role of subjects it implies;

To distinguish different perspectives guiding the mediation intervention.

Learning outcomes and competences

This curricular unit aims to present and discuss models and practices of social mediation as alternative modes of political and cognitive definition of social fabric and problems, framing them on recent transformations of regulation and social intervention modes. In this sense, it is expected that the learning outcomes of UC students are:

  - To politically and historically contextualize the issues of social mediation in the transition from a societarian organization focused on the state to a market oriented society;

 - To understand the central role of conflict in the diverse approaches to mediation and the diverse visions of the social role of subjects it implies;

 - To distinguish different perspectives guiding the mediation intervention.

   - Identification of distinct approaches of [conflict] mediation and their adequacy in intervention contexts by means of multiple case analyses;

- To develop social intervention processes analysis through the theoretical tools of the mediation field

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

x

Program

I - General framework

1 – Social and cognitive production of the concept of mediation.

1.1 - The crisis of macro-social integration devices: work, school and political representation.

2 - Social spaces and time heterogeneity in the post modern era.

3 - The ambiguities of local scale centrality in social problems management.

4 - New configurations of social policies, devices and social policies management agents

5 - Cognitive and political dimensions to consider in the construction of intervention alternatives.

II – Fields, models and intervention practices of mediation: case studies

6 – The mediation spaces: professional agents/intervention processes.

7 – Mediation in the education field (school mediation, socio-educational mediation)

8 – Social and community mediation

9 – Cognitive/Dialectical mediation

10 – Intercultural mediation

Mandatory literature

Bonafé-Schmitt, J.-P. ; La médiation: une justice douce., Paris, Syros., (1992).
Cardinet, Annie; École et Médiations. , Ramonville Saint-Agnes: Éditions Érès., (2000).
Correia, J. A. and A. M. C. Silva, Eds. ; Mediação: (D)os Contextos e (D)os actores. , Porto, CIIE e Edições Afrontamento., (2010)
Correia, J. A. and J. Caramelo ; "Da mediação local ao local da mediação: figuras e políticas." , Educação, Sociedade e Culturas 20 167-191., (2003).
Guilaume-Hofnung, M. ; La médiation. , Paris, PUF., (2000).
Hamzaoui, Mejed ; El Trabajo Social Territorializado. Las transformaciones de la acción pública en la intervención social. , València: Nau Llibres & Universitat de València., (2005).
Mayer, Bernard ; Beyond Neutrality: Confronting the Crisis in Conflict Resolution. , São Francisco: Jossey-Bass., (2004).
Milburn, Philip ; La Médiation: Expériences et competences., Paris: La Découverte., (2002).
Neves, T.; "Practice Note: community mediation as social intervention." , Conflict Resolution Quarterly 26(4): 481-495., (2009)
Schwerin, Edward W. ; Mediation, Citizenship Empowerment and Transformational Politics. , Westport: Praeger Publishers., (1995).
Six, J.-F. ; Les Médiateurs. , Paris, Le Cavalier Bleu., (2003).
Tricoire, Bruno ; La médiation sociale: le génie du «tiers», L'Harmattan , 2002. ISBN: 2-7475-1970-8
Torremorell, M. C. B. ; Cultura de mediação e mudança social. , Porto, Porto Editora., (2008).
Vasconcelos-Sousa, José; O que é Mediação. , s/l: Quimera., (2002).
Vaz, H. ; "A mediação em contexto de formação como reinvenção de novos ofícios: o caso dos estágios e da licenciatura em Ciências da Educação na Universidade do Porto." , Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 29: 53-72., (2009)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methodologies:
Lectures and debate
Text analysis
Tutorial monitoring
Presentation and discussion of case studies.

 

The curricular unit develops through two hour sessions, in a theoretical and practical perspective, which are organized as follows:

The first six sessions are devoted to the content of the 1st Part of the program and intend to provide an overall framework of the problematic of social mediation and are mainly lecturing sessions;

The next six sessions will focus on the 2nd part of the program. The institutionalization of the mediation processes as an intervention strategy and the systematization of mediation models of that follow this process will be discussed. In the second part case studies of social interventions based on the mediation will be presented, analyzed and discussed.

The last two/three sessions aim at developing a holistic approach to the learning content as well as discussions on the assessment work plan proposed by the students.

 

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour
Social sciences > Educational sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	65,00
Frequência das aulas	32,00
Trabalho de investigação	65,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to Assessment Rules, students must attend 3/4 of lectures. Exceptions are made for those students with special status, that by law are not obliged to attend classes 

Calculation formula of final grade

The grade is based on an individual essay. Individual essay values 90% of the final grade. The essay may have a maximum of 10 pages.
Active participation and the acomplishment of written assignments during the courses, focusing case studies analysis, values 10% of the final grade. 

The final mark of the curricular unit is express in a 0-20 scale.

By means of the mobilisation of the theorethical contributions of mediation field, the individual essay may assume different forms:

i) Analysis of a case involving a situation of social intervention; 

ii)(re)conceptualise and reconfigure a work in progress during the semester in another curricular unit of the master; 

iii) Analysis of the process experienced in the master’s course or a specific content, theme or issue relevant for preparation of the dissertation through the mediation theoretical lens.

Assessment criteria:

i) coherence and consistency of the theoretical analysis produced;

ii) personal and critical appropriation of the theoretical contributions in the production of the analysis and the development of the arguments

Examinations or Special Assignments

The non realisation or failing in the assessment assignment implies its reformulation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students legally authorized to not attending the sessions must deliver an individual essay (15 to 20 pages) and discuss it with the curricular unit teachers. This aims at assessing the achievement of the curricular unit competences and learning-outcomes.

 This essay aims to summarize and critically address the whole or part of the themes of the Curricular Unit, particularly the contributions of mediation to the definition of social problems and intervention in social and educational fields.

Students under these circunstances should contact the curricular unit teachers during the firts 3 weeks of the semester, in order to define the tutorial work conditions.

Classification improvement

To improve the final grade students must deliver an individual essay (15 to 20 pages) and discuss it with the teachers of the curricular unit. The essay is supposed to summarize and critically address the whole or part of the themes of the Curricular Unit particularly the contributions of mediation to the definition of social problems and intervention in social and educational fields.