Diversidade na Educação: Migração e Multiculturalismo

Code:

E523

Acronym:

DEMM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=406643
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCED	15	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The program aims to problematize the concept of multiculturalism in its relationship with the issues of diversity and migration, both in educational and other contexts. Different theoretical contributions will be used, especially from migration theory, cultural studies and different theoretical perspectives on multiculturalism. The concept of diversity will be approached at several levels, focusing mainly on issues of ethnic and cultural diversity. The aim is to understand the issue of diversity in Educational Sciences and the challenges that the education of diversified groups brings to educational institutions. The main objective of this discipline resides in the understanding of migration and its place in society, with the aim to develop competencies of analysis and promotion of interculturality. A consistent reflection upon the way in which diversity can represent an enriching and fundamental element for a successful educational process will be the structural axis of the program. In this sense, concepts such as global citizenship, cosmopolitanism, education for interculturality will be discussed not only at a theoretical level but also through practical examples.

Learning objectives

• identify socio-educative issues, especially regarding ethnical and cultural diversity, migration and regarding policies and practices of inclusion;


• identify relevant theoretical perspectives for the Educational Sciences starting from the contribution of central authors in this field;


• reflect upon different forms of diversity, encouraging and strengthening reading and critical analysis competencies.

Learning outcomes and competences

• ability to critically read texts and analyse educational situations.


• educational and sociological knowledge regarding migration and ethnical and cultural diversity.


• ability to use accordingly concepts related to migration and multiculturalism in order to critically analyse quotidian situation related to the main concepts of the discipline.


• construção de uma pequeno ensaio crítico sobre as questões trabalhadas na UC.

Working method

Presencial

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

N/A

Program

1. Identity and culture – explore the relationship between culture and the ways it impacts and defines human beings.


2. Diversity and difference – understand the issue of diversity (ethnical and cultural) in the present times as also throughout history.


3. Multiculturalism – between theory, ideology and social practice


4. Migration – explore the main theories of migration and relate them with the present global situation through practical cases.


5. Adaptation, cultural shock and intercultural relations – issues about acculturation, with special attention for the transformations favoured by diversity and intercultural contact.


6. Diversity in educational contexts – challenges of the multicultural teacher. How to teach ethnically diverse groups?

Mandatory literature

Castles, Stephen, Mark J. Miller and Giuseppe Ammendola ; The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, The Guilford Press, 2005
Alred Geof 340; Intercultural experience and education. ISBN: 1-85359-606-X
Giddens Anthony; Modernidade e identidade pessoal. ISBN: 972-8027-11-7
Magalhães António M.; A^diferença somos nós. ISBN: 972-36-0761-1
Nieto, Claudia and Margareth Zoller Booth ; ultural competence: Its influence on the teaching and learning of international students, Journal of Studies in International Education, 2009
Nye, Malory ; The challenges of multiculturalism, Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007

Complementary Bibliography

Stoer Stephen 340; Levantando a pedra. ISBN: 972-36-0499-X
King, Russell and Enric Ruiz‐Gelices ; International student migration and the European ‘year abroad’: effects on European identity and subsequent migration behaviour, International Journal of Population Geography, 2003
Morrice, Linda; The learning migration nexus: towards a conceptual understanding, European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2014
Oberg, Kalervo ; Cultural shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments, Curare, 2006
Tiryakian, Edward ; Assessing multiculturalism theoretically: E pluribus unum, sic et non, International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 2003
Ploner, Josef; Resilience, Moorings and International Student Mobilities – Exploring Biographical Narratives of Social Science Students in the UK, Mobilities, 2015
Touraine Alain; Iguais e diferentes. ISBN: 972-771-063-8
Cosmin I. Nada; There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ student: A narrative approach to the experience of migrant students in Portugal, Universidade do Porto, 2017 (http://hdl.handle.net/10216/107373)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition; Debate; Group work; Assignment presentations; Supervision; Learning evaluation; Text reading and analysis; Bibliographic research; Assignments; Writing of an essay

keywords

Social sciences > Educational sciences
Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	20,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

- with presence in 75% of the classes.

- with marks equal or superior to 10 points for the preparation and presentation of assignments.

- with marks equal or superior to 10 points for the number resulting from the average: essay (50%) and presentation in class (30%).

The final essay can be delivered by students that assisted at least at 75% of the classes but didn’t obtain a mark equal or superior to 10 for the distributed evaluation. In this case, the final essay will represent 100% of the final mark and all the marks from the distributed evaluation will be ignored.

The lack of realisation/presentation of some activity mentioned in the evaluation methods will have as consequence the failure at this discipline.

THE STUDENTS WORKERS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTENT CLASSES REGULARLY NEED TO CONTACT THE TEACHERS IN THE BEGGINING OF THE YEAR IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE WORK TO BE PRESENTED FOR A SUCCESFUL GRADE.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark is established according to the marks obtained in the following activities:

- writing of an essay relevant for the concepts related to the discipline: 50%.

- an individual or group of two presentation about a relevant topic for the discipline. This activity is marked from 0 to 20 points: 30% of the final mark.

- participation in class: 20%

In summary:

(20%+30%+50% = 100%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final mark is possible through the improvement of the final essay or the writing of a new essay.

The students are able to request the improvement of their mark only once per each discipline, in one of the two periods, normal or retake, immediately subsequent to the period in which the students obtained their mark of equally or superior to 10 points. Also, improvement is only possible if the discipline has an expected evaluation period after the one in which the student obtained his/her initial grade (please refer to the Article 11, point 1, from the regulation: “Regulamento dos princípios a observar na avaliação dos discentes da Universidade do Porto e normas específicas a aplicar nos cursos da FPCE”).

Observations

N/A