Supervision of the Dissertation

Code:

EFA10

Acronym:

SD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Adult Education and Training / Professional Guidance

Instance: 2015/2016 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Adult Education and Training

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEFA	4	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	10	108	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The UC dissertation supervision aims to create the conditions that allow students:
- to develop a research work in the field of adult education and training, theoretically and methodologically sustained and grounded
- to carry out a master's thesis
- publicly present and defend the research work carried out

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that this course will help students:

- to acquire the capacity to manage and transform complex and unpredictable study or work contexts that require new strategic approaches;

- to acquire in-depth knowledge of research methods and techniques to enable research in adult education and training

Working method

Presencial

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

N/A

Program

1. Clarification and systematization of the research project to be developed
2. Research, identification and analysis of relevant bibliography for the research project
3. Identification of the appropriate methodological framework for the research project
4. Development of research project and operationalization of appropriate procedures for collecting and analyzing empirical data
5. Elaboration of the dissertation

Mandatory literature

Bailey, Stephen; Academic Writing. A Handbook for International Students, Routledge: New York, 2011. ISBN: ISBN13: 978–0–203–83165–6
Katz, Michael Jay; From Research to Manuscript. A Guide to Scientific Writing, Springer, 2009. ISBN: ISBN 978-1-4020-9466-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation and discussion of texts.

Debates in small and large groups.

Individual presentations.

Research, consultations and literature reviews.

Writing and rewriting texts.

Software

SPSS
Nvivo

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Counselling psychology
Natural sciences > Ethics in social sciences
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Research methodology
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Education > Adult education

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	80,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	150,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	270,00

Eligibility for exams

N/A

Calculation formula of final grade

The classification takes into account the discussion and classification of the dissertation (80%) and participation in individual and/or collective orientation sessions (20%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N/A

Classification improvement

N/A

Observations

N/A