Scientific Writing Seminar

Code:

PDCE06

Acronym:

SEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2022/2023 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCE	15	Official Curricular Structure 2007	2	-	10	30	270

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The Scientific Writing Seminar aims to:
- develop academic and scientific writing skills;
- promote knowledge and skills regarding ethical procedures in educational
research;
- foster the production of diverse scientific texts with high quality standards.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is hoped that students are able to:

- identify fundamental rules of scientific writing;

- apply those rules in the elaboration of their texts;

- comment critically and constructively texts written by other prople.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Scientific and academic writing. Characterization and typologies. Bibliographic
references and indexes.
Ethical procedures in educational research. Informed consent. Privacy. Data
confidentially.

Mandatory literature

Emerson Robert M.; Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. ISBN: 0-226-20681-5
Wolcott Harry F.; Writing up qualitative research. ISBN: 0-8039-3793-8
MacArthur Charles A. 340; Handbook of writing research. ISBN: 1-59385-190-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods involve exposition, debate, group work and tutorial work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	200,00
Frequência das aulas	75,00
Total:	275,00

Eligibility for exams

Follows the regulation of the Doctoral Program.

Calculation formula of final grade

50% participation in class, 50% presentation of written work

Examinations or Special Assignments

Follows the regulation of the Doctoral Program.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Follows the regulation of the Doctoral Program.

Classification improvement

Follows the regulation of the Doctoral Program.