Education Through the Art as an Ethical, and Aesthetic Experience of Solidarity

Code:

DE127

Acronym:

EACEEES

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

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	17	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• To acquire knowledge about the current contours of education in Portugal and in the European context


• To understand the potential of the arts as an ethical, aesthetic and supportive human experience


• To develop appropriate skills to work with the arts in education


• To develop critical and reflexive thinking

Learning outcomes and competences

Learning outcomes and competences

This module focuses on the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge about education with the arts as an opportunity for human development.
The module involves an approximation to local, national and European realities, including contact with key community members.

Successful completion of this module implies that students will be able to:

Show an understanding of the current situation of education in Portugal and in the European context

Reveal knowledge about the role of the arts in building a more meaningful and humanized education

Building a vision of possibility in education with the arts

Show theoretical / practical knowledge about education outside and within the school

Elaborate appropriate arts based research on education in a relevant ethical framework and using this knowledge

Value and show the critical appropriation of a series of skills on education with the arts

Working method

Presencial

Program

Programme

1. Education in Portugal: limits and possibilities
   2. Education in the European context: between guidelines and the trend towards harmonization
   3. Ethical, aesthetic and solidarity values in education: a look at critical and libertarian pedagogies
   4. Education with the arts: an approach to national and European emancipatory proposals
   5. Learning with the arts in and out of school: an approach to formal and informal learning contexts
   6. An approach to arts-based research

Mandatory literature

Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe; Policies on early school leaving in nine European countries. ISBN: 2295-8835
Barone, Tom & Eisner, Elliot W.; How might arts based research be both political and ethical? In Tom Barone, & Elliot Eisner. Arts based research (pp. 121-136), SAGE, 2012
Dewey John; Experience and education. ISBN: 0-02-013660-9
Ferreira, Manuela; A gente gosta é de brincar com os outros meninos: relações sociais entre crianças num Jardim de Infância., Afrontamento, 2004
Freire Paulo 1921-1997; Pedagogia da autonomia. ISBN: 85-219-0243-3
Gambôa, Rosário ; Educação, ética e democracia: A reconstrução da modernidade em John Dewey, ASA, 2004
Lemos, Valter; A OCDE e as políticas de educação em Portugal. In Mª Lurdes Rodrigues (Org.), 40 anos de políticas de educação em Portugal (vol.I) (293-323), Almedina, 2015
Louçã, Joana ; Aprendíamos de forma diferente. Em vez de estarmos a ouvir, fazíamos. Aprendizagem através das artes numa escola básica: Um estudo de caso. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 50, (117-134) , 2018
Macedo Eunice; Prazer de fazer. ISBN: 972-0-34952-2
Macedo, Eunice, Araújo, Helena C., Magalhães, Antonio, & Rocha, Cristina; ). La construcción del abandono temprano de la escuela como concepto político: Un análisis en la sociología de la educación. Profesorado: Revista de Curriculum y Formación del Profesorado, 19(3), 2015
Martins, Susana C. ; Políticas educativas europeias: Divergir e convergir num espaço comum. In Mª Lurdes Rodrigues (Org.), 40 anos de políticas de educação em Portugal (vol.II) (pp. 685-707), 2015
Macedo, Eunice, Clough, Nick & Santos, Sofia A. ; Engaging vulnerable young people in education through the arts: Challenges and opportunities. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 50, (7-14) , 2018
Pacheco José; Sozinhos na escola. ISBN: 972-8562-07-01
Sarmento, Manuel J. & Ferreira, Manuela; Subjectividade e bem-estar das crianças: (in)visibilidade e voz. Revista Eletrônica de Educação: revista bilingue do programa de pós-graduação em educação da Universidade Federal de S. Carlos. 2 (2), 60-91, 2008
Knowles J. Gary; Handbook of the arts in qualitative research. ISBN: 978-1-4129-0531-2
UNESCO; Road map for arts Education, 2006
UNESCO; Seoul Agenda: Goals for the development of arts education , 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Learning and teaching methods

 Lectures

Exposure to diverse forms of artistic expression

Consultation and analysis of key-documents

Intentional talks with key-members of intervention with the arts

Critical visualizing/listening to works of art

Design and rationale of arts-based conceptual instruments

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	39,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Trabalho de investigação	12,00
Trabalho escrito	12,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

The attainment of the UC implies:

1 - At least 75% attendance of the planned classes

2 – Devolution to the group of the theoretical and practical integration by the student making resource to the arts

3 – Critical reflection on learning (2000 words)

4 - Design and rationale of an arts-based artefact.

5 – Oral participation in seminars

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation Formula

Opportunities will be provided for peer feedback, self-assessment and formative feedback throughout the course

Viva presentation - 40%

Design and rationale for a small scale inquiry - 40%

Oral participation in lectures - 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Observations

This proposal is based on the concerns and findings of a set of international projects in which FPCEUP has participated as a partner over the years, exploring burning issues of our time.