Intervention Methodologies in Education

Code:

MED102

Acronym:

MIE

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

Instance: 2022/2023 - 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	34	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português e Inglês

Objectives

This course aims to develop knowledge and competencies of educational, social and community intervention methods, assuming a contextualist, ecological and situated view of intervention.

Learning outcomes and competences

Competencies and knowledge in the field of educational intervention metodology. 
Capacity to critically analyse various intervention projects that involve diverse contexts, problems and methods.
Reflect over the challenges of educational interventions in exclusion contexts and within discriminated groups.

Working method

Presencial

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

Does not apply.

Program

I. Service Learning as a pedagogical approach.

II. A contextual and ecological perspective of intervention in educational contexts.

III. Context analysis, needs/resources assessment and project development and monitoring.

IV. Typology of intervention methodologies - direct and indirect strategies;
- educational helping relationships,
- consultation/training.

V. Ethical challenges in educational, social and community interventions.

VI. 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;
- community partnerships and community empowerment, service-learning, and participatory action-research.

VII. Project evaluation - evaluation as an empowering and enabling device.

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 (%)
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	36,00
Frequência das aulas	36,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	3,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Trabalho de campo	36,00
Total:	131,00

Eligibility for exams

Students should attend classes according to the regulations regarding students' assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is based on:


- fieldwork (4) + logbook (4)

- project grid (8)

- presentation and discussion of a poster in final seminar (4)

For the purpose of final assessment, the report component must have a minimum of 9.5 (in 20).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Assuming that this UC involves contact hours, it is not foreseen to dispense this component in the evaluation formula.

Classification improvement

Through improvement of the report.

Observations

Given the current pandemic circumstance, there may be a need to readjust the working methods of this UC.