Intervention Methodologies in Education

Code:

MED102

Acronym:

MIE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Research and Intervention Methodologies in Education / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
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	59	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- Promote students' competencies and knowledge in the field of educational intervention, - Promote students' knowledge. 

Learning outcomes and competences

- Develop competencies to critically analyse various intervention methods, - Stimulate the reflection over the particularities of educational interventions in exclusion contexts and within discriminated groups.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. The challenge of intervention in educational contexts. Context analysis, needs/resources assessment and project development and monitoring.
II. Typology of intervention methodologies - direct and indirect strategies;
- educational helping relationships,
- consultation/training.
III. Power and support as individual and societal resources:
- social support group, social capital;
- peer education, mentorship and self-help and support groups;
- power and individual, organizational and community empowerment.  
IV. Ehical challenges in educational, social and community interventions.. 
V. Analysis and discussion of intervention projects in diverse educational contexts.

Mandatory literature

SANTOS GUERRA, Miguel ; ). Os desafios da participação. Desenvolver a democracia na escola. , Porto Editora, 2002
Isabel Menezes; Intervenção comunitária: Uma perspectiva psicológica. , LivrPsic, 2007
Fuster Enrique Gracia; El^apoyo social en la intervención comunitaria. ISBN: 84-493-0352-4
Dougherty A. Michael; Consultation. ISBN: 0-534-25128-5
Guerra, Isabel Carvalho ; Fundamentos e Processos de uma Sociologia da acção, Principia, 2000
Ferreira, Elisabete; (D)enunciar a Autonomia, Porto Editora, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition, discussion and group work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Prova oral	35,00
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	53,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	162,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Based on 
- project grid (3)
- field work and written proposal (10)
-oral discussion (7)

Classification improvement

Through improvement of final report and/or oral discussion.