Citizenship and Diversity

Code:

MED201

Acronym:

CD

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

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/FICHA_DISCIPLINA.EDITAR?p_cad_codigo=MED201&p_periodo=2S&p_ano_lectivo=2011/2012
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	42	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	3	24	81

Teaching language

Português e Inglês

Objectives

Citizenship and Diversity aims to address citizenship as a concept and its relationship with the state, the community and with individuals.  Civil, political, and social rights as well as  the new generation rights - the cultural rights are debated as central to rethink society and social democratic relationships. The issues of inclusion and exclusion and socio-cultural diversity are equally approached.  

Aims

. to debate education as social right

. to debate concepts of citizenship, inclusion/exclusion and cultural diversity

. to acknowledge some relevant contributions produced around these concepts and issues

 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Learning outcomes 

. distinction between different citizenship concepts

. identification of the relationship between citizenshsip and civil, political, social and cultural rights

. awareness of contemporary societies as socio-cultural diverses

. visual and textual critical analysis dealing with citizenship. diversity, social protection, access to culture and education

production of critical analyses of a film or a novel dealing with citizenship and diversity.

Working method

Presencial

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

Knowledge and competences from other UC as Introduction to Social Sciences, Sociology of Education, Sociology of the Family, Education Policies, Socioantropology of the Culture, among others will be a contribution to this UC.

Program

. Citizenship concept and its discussion: citisenhip as rights; citizenship and general duties; citizenship as a contested concept

. Theories on Citkzenship: the liberal tradition; civic republicanism; social-democratic perspetives: T.H.Marshall; neo-liberal and neo-conservative perspetives; the feminists and new wocial movements perspectives.

. Education as a social right, departing from the framework of T. H. Marshall analysis/proposal

. Inclusion/exclusion and social inequality: the concepts of exclusion and inclusion; social processes and exclusion; migrant people and the concepts of 'denizens' and 'citizens'

. Difference as a social resource (I. Young): difference as a concept; the debate equality vs difference; contesting the public-private divide; beyond equality and difference  (R. Lister).

Diversity and interculturality: a diferentiated universalism (R.Lister); the challenge of diversity and difference to citizenship; redistribution, recognition, love, care and solidarity  (J. Baker, K. Lynch..)

 

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

Comments from the literature

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Teaching methods and learning activities

Contact activities

Lectures

Text presentation by students

Debates

Tutorials

 

Autonomous work by students

Group work

Bibliographic search

Fieldwork

Presentation of work produced in the class group

 

Actiities developed during the course include

I. participation in debates and discussions

II.A.  research work on an issue related to the UC 

or

B. an essay on a study selected in the UC and presented in one of the sessions preview for this

or

C. essay on a film or novel, on the issues of citizenship, inclusion/exclusions, cultural diversity.

The assessment cirteria are the following: identification of the 'problem' on reading of the film of novel, related to the UC;review of significant theoretcial contributions to the analysis and its application to the reading of film/novel; coherence and consistency of the arguments developed; references. 

 

 Any of the written work should not exceed 5000 words.

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	90,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining frequency requires that the student is not absent more than 25% of the classes provided.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark of this unit is expressed in a 0-20 scale.
Assessment:

1.  participation in debate and discussions and foinal presentation to the class group: 20%

2. written work - 80%.

 

Students who have presented an essay on a theoretical selected work do not have to present the final presentation.

 

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a

Internship work/project

n.a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who cannot attend the course regularly due to motives foreseen in university/faculty regulations need to contact the lecturer. since the beginining of the semester. They need to write the essay or the research project, being tutored by the lecturer, and will present it to colleagues during the course. Moreover, they will elaborate a second essay or other written work negotiated with the lecturer.

 

 

Classification improvement

Students can attempt to get a better mark, presenting themselves to the exam.

Observations

Reading list
Araújo, Helena C. (2007) "Cidadania na sua polifonia - debates nos estudos de educação feministas" in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 25, 83-116.
Arnot, Madeleine (2009)"Educating the global citizen" in Educating the Gendered Citizen (pp.223-251), New York:Routledge. 
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, (pp. 683-713), Petrópolis: Editora Vozes.
Capucha, Luís (1998) "Pobreza, exclusão e marginalidades", in J. M. Viegas e A. F.  (orgs) Portugal: Que Modernidade?, Oeiras: Celta.  
Casanova, Maria José (2009) Etnografia e Produçõa de Conhecimento - reflexões críticas a pariir de uma investigação com ciganos portugueses, Lisboa:ACIDI
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.
Fonseca, Laura (2009) Justiça social e educação, Porto:Afrontamento.
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
Heater, Derek (2005) What is Ciizenship?, Cambridge: Polity Press
Lanskey, Caroline (2010) "Citizenship  education for young people in secure institutions in England and Wales in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas,30, 41-56 
Lister, Ruth (2007) “Inclusive Citizenship: realizing the potential” in Citizenship Studies, 11 (1), 49-61
Marshall, T.H. (1967) "Cidadania e Classe Social? in Cidadania, Classe Social e Status", pp. 57-114, Rio: Zahar Editores, 1950.
Nunes, Rosa S. (2003) Nada sobre nós sem nós ? a centralidade da comunicação na obra de Boaventura  Sousa Santos, S. Paulo: Cortez Editora.
Osler, Audrey & Starkey, Hugh (2005) Changing Citizenship - democracy and inclusion in education, Maidenhead: Open Univ Press.
Perrenoud, Philippe (2005) Escola e cidadania ? o papel da escola na formação para a democracia, Porto Alegre: Artmed
Resende, José Manuel (2008) "Olhares plurais sobre e educação para cidadania no trabalho docente e na escola", in A Sociedade contra a escola?, Lisboa: I. Piaget
Santos, Boaventura Sousa (2000) A crítica da razão indolente, (pp. 209-235), Porto, Edições Afrontamento.
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
Torres, Carlos A. (2007) "El lugar de las diversidades y de ls ciudadanias en la sociologia de la Educación, in Revista Portuguesa de Educação, 20 (1), 7-45
Touraine, Alain (1995) O racismo hoje, in M. Wieviorka,  (org.) Racismo e Modernidade, (pp.25-43), Lisboa: Bertrand Editora.
Touraine, Alain (1997) Iguais e diferentes, (pp. 127-172), Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.   
Young, Iris M. (2000) Inclusion and Democracy, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Zimenkova, Tatiana (2011) "Diversity: Future project or current challenge? Construction of the term diversity within citizenship education in Europe in Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 32, 23-40