Foundations and Epistemological Implications in the Field of Pedagogical Debates

Code:

DE130

Acronym:

FIERCP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2022/2023 - 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	9	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Build spaces for consistent and sustained reflection on:

a. the foundations of pedagogical approaches that identify with the field of educational innovation;
b. the implications, from the point of view of teaching action, of the pedagogical approaches that are built with reference to the learning and communication paradigms;
c. the centrality of epistemological reflection to address pedagogical innovation as an object of study.

Learning outcomes and competences

a) Think and discuss about academic works;

b) Propose arguments and perspectives in a reasoned way

c) Cooperate with others in common work

d) Develop academic writing skills

Working method

B-learning

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

Not applicable

Program

1. Pedagogy and innovation: From the refusal of the pedagogical paradigm of instruction to the discussion about the nature and assumptions of alternative pedagogical paradigms;

2. Instruct, facilitate or communicate: Reflection on the fundamentals of pedagogical options envisaged from the act of teaching;

3. From the limitations of discourses built from the field of Psychology to the affirmation of Epistemology as a conceptual space of reference for reflection on pedagogical innovation:

3.1 - Epistemological foundations for a reflection on learning
     human: What does it mean to know? What is the origin of knowledge?
3.2 - The curricular and pedagogical implications of epistemological reflection in the most different areas of knowledge

Mandatory literature

Gaston Bachelard; A^epistemologia
Jerome Bruner; The^culture of education
Bernard Charlot; Da relação com o saber. ISBN: 85-7307-631-3
Yves Chevallard; La^transposition didactique. ISBN: 2-85919-078-3
Philippe Meirieu; A^pedagogia entre o dizer e o fazer. ISBN: 85-7307-879-0
Jean Piaget; Psychogenèse et histoire des sciences. ISBN: 2-08-211137-7
Jean Piaget; Psicologia e epistemologia
Rui Trindade; Educar e aprender na escola. ISBN: 978-989-8151-12-4
Brun, Jean; Didáctica das matemáticas, Instituto Piaget, 2000
Pacheco, José Augusto; Educação, formação e conhecimento, Porto Editora, 2014
Cosme, Ariana; Trindade, Rui; A atividade curricular e pedagógica dos professores como fonte de tensões e dilemas profissionais: Contributo para uma interpelação sobre a profissão docente

Teaching methods and learning activities

The management of the training project to be implemented in this curricular unit is structured according to four moments: (i) lectures by the professor of the curricular unit; (ii) lectures by specialists, namely to encourage and deepen the reflection on the contents referred to in point 3.2, which will be open to the academic community and (iii) organized presentation of works produced by students and (iv) production of an essay by each student.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	75,00
Participação presencial	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	65,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho de investigação	25,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

It is necessary to deliver all compulsory works and participate in the discussions

Calculation formula of final grade

Final assignement - 15 points
Portefólio  - 5 points

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not  applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to law

Classification improvement

According to law

Observations

Not applicable