In-depth Issues of School, Participation and Digital Technologies

Code:

DE345

Acronym:

QAEPTD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - 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	13	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	12	98	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

A unidade curricular pretende problematizar e aprofundar conceitos e práticas ligadas à educação escolar, participação democrática e tecnologias digitais. Visa também contribuir para o desenvolvimento da reflexividade das práticas. Aos estudantes será dada a possibilidade de contactar com projetos de investigação e/ou intervenção em diferentes contextos educativos, com processos de tomada de decisão e de monitorização.



Mapear políticas, programas, estruturas e planos de ação institucionais relacionados com processos de aprendizagem e participação democrática através de tecnologias digitais
Conceitualizar e problematizar situações do acesso e uso de tecnologias digitais e participação em contextos educativos
Aprofundar conhecimento sobre projetos de investigação e/ou intervenção e processos de comunicação digital desenvolvidos em diferentes contextos educativos

Learning outcomes and competences

Learning Outcomes

Analysis of policies related to learning processes and democratic participation mediated by digital technologies

Problematisation of concepts of digital citizenship, in its relation with the European framework of digital citizenship

Critical analysis of situations considering different contexts, processes and conditions in terms of being online, online well-being and the guarantee and exercise of online rights

Configuration of research and/or intervention projects in the field of digital technologies to be developed in schools and different socio-educational contexts

Working method

Presencial

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

1st cycle degree
Specific curricular units 1 and 2

Program

School, participation and digital technologies: national and international policies, programmes and action plans

The articulation between policies, practices and research in the fields of Education and Digital Technologies

Towards a conceptualization of Active Digital Citizenship

Education for Digital Citizenship: European benchmark

Research and/or intervention projects in the field of school and digital technologies

Mandatory literature

Choi, M.; A Concept Analysis of Digital Citizenship for Democratic Citizenship Education in the Internet Age, Theory and Research in Social Education, 44(4), 565-607., 2016
Council of Europe; Handbook of Digital Citizenship Education: Being online, Well-being online, Rights Online, Council of Europe Publishing, 2019

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures
Debate
Participation of experts and invited professionals with intervention in the field
Group work
Guided field work
Presentation of students' work
Work elaboration and organization
Tutorials

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	36,00
Estudo autónomo	154,00
Frequência das aulas	98,00
Trabalho de investigação	36,00
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

The student obtains the frequency of the curricular unit if, having been regularly enrolled, he/she does not exceed the limit number of absences corresponding to 25% of the scheduled classes

Calculation formula of final grade

The assessment will be distributed with final exam, having as components the presentation and discussion in class of a proposal of an internship and/or research project (20%) and the final draft of the project (80%). All assignments will be graded on a scale of 0 to 20.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who by law are excused from class attendance should prepare the project and discuss it with the teachers of the course. Students in this situation must contact the teachers of the Course during the first 3 weeks of the semester to define the necessary forms of support and follow-up.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the classification supposes the reformulation of the final project of internship/research, classified on a scale of 0 to 20 points.