Oficina de Escrita e Comunicação Científica

Code:

OP124

Acronym:

OECC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Research Methodologies / Intervention in Education

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	No
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	0	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

WORKSHOP OF WRITING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

 

This course aims to strengthen the 1st year students of MCED who opt for it in their abilities to scientific communication, written or oral.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that students are able to:

Learning Outcomes

Differentiate between scientific communication and other communication genres

Identify and use scientific writing rules

Identify correct and incorrect ways of scientific communication

Using the rules of scientific writing used in FPCEUP / MCED

Identify and use ethical principles of scientific communication

Use properly ways and means of scientific oral communication

Skills

Communicate orally results of reflections, reviews and scientific research

Write scientific texts according to academic standards and ethical principles

Working method

Presencial

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

NA

Program

Education Sciences and scientific communication

- Characteristics of scientific communication

- The scientific community and society

- The specifics of Educational Sciences

Basic principles of scientific communication

- Ethical dimension of scientific communication

- Rigor and scientific communication

Scientific writing rules

- General rules of scientific writing

- Rules and standards in use in FPCEUP / MCED / CIIE

Ways and means of oral communication

- Using the body, voice and movement

- The use of techniques and technologies

Mandatory literature

Motta-Roth Desirée; Produção textual na universidade. ISBN: 978-85-7934-025-3
Amado João 570; Manual de investigação qualitativa em educação. ISBN: 978-989-26-0879-2
Lima, Jorge Ávila, Pacheco, José Augusto; Fazer investigação – contributos para a elaboração de dissertações e teses, Porto Editora, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

Contact hours

Exhibition and debate from questions or guiding texts

Individual and group analysis of scientific communications, oral and written

Writing small scientific texts and their peer review

Presentation and review of oral scientific communications

Simulation of organizing a scientific meeting and submission of abstracts

Autonomous work

Search small texts and scientific communications

Analysis of oral scientific communications and their technical means, in pairs and in small groups

Study of writing and scientific communication

Production of small texts and oral scientific communications, individually, in pairs and / or small group

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Prova oral	40,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students need to attend 3/4 of the previewed number of  classes

Calculation formula of final grade

The calculation of the final classification includes the quality of participation in classes (20%), the written works presented (40%) and presentation of oral communications and their technical means (40%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA

Internship work/project

NA

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

NA

Classification improvement

Exceptionally it can take place in the evaluation period through the presentation of new evaluation elements.

Observations

NA