Education with the Arts and Citizenship

Code:

DE135

Acronym:

EAC

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	8	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

Objectives

• To acquire knowledge about education in Portugal and in Europe, as a place for the arts and citizenship
• 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 course focuses on the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge about education with the arts as an opportunity to enact citizenship. It involves an approximation to local, national, and European realities, including contact with key community members. Successful completion of this course 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

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

N/A

Program

1. Education in Portugal in the European context: limits and possibilities of the relationship between education and the arts


2. Education with the arts: an approach to national and European proposals that foster citizenship


3. Learning with the arts in and out of school: an approach to formal and informal learning contexts, reflecting on the potential of art in the community


4. Education, arts and citizenship: a multiple interpellation

Mandatory literature

ENEC; Estratégia Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania. Lisboa: Direção-Geral de Educação e Secretaria de Estado da Cidadania e Igualdade., República Portuguesa XXI Governo Constitucional, 2017
Macedo, Eunice; Prazer de fazer: O lúdico-pedagógico no teatro com crianças e jovens ou um trabalho de intervenção. , Porto Editora., 2004
Macedo, Eunice; Globalização, europeização e políticas educativas. Que lugares para a construção de cidadanias jovens? In Eunice Macedo, Vozes jovens entre experiência e desejo: Cidadania e outras construções (pp. 19-41), Afrontamento, 2018
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., 2017
Magalhães, Álvaro ; Acendendo o vulcão., Eunice Macedo, Prazer de fazer: O lúdico-pedagógico no teatro com crianças e jovens ou um trabalho de intervenção (pp. 13-14). Porto: Porto Editora., 2004
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). Almedina, 2015
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
UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]; Road Map for Arts Education. , The World Conference on Arts Education: Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century. Lisbon, 6-9 March, 2006
UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] ; Seoul Agenda: Goals for the development of arts education. , http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/CLT/pdf/Seoul_Agenda_EN.pdf, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures

Exposure to diverse forms of expression with the arts

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 with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
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	40,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho de investigação	12,00
Trabalho escrito	12,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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 – Construction of a portfolio leading to the construction of an arts-based artefact, and respective theoretical foundation.

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%

Reflexive portfolio - 40%

Oral participation in lectures - 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

To be defined in a casuistic manner

Classification improvement

Improvement of portfolio
OR 
final exam

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.