Teaching History and Geography in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Raquel Pereira Henriques

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

12 vagas

Fees

1st year - 1.000,00 € / 2nd year - 1.000,00 €

Schedule

Education objectives

1) To know the guidelines of national education policy and its generic evolution.
2) Adapt educational and teaching practices to the specific subject areas of History and Geography of the 3rd cycle and secondary, students and school environments.
3) Apply scientific, cultural, pedagogical and didactic skills in planning and development of collaborative teaching-learning and self-regulated activities, appropriate to the curriculum but also thinking needs of students and school environments.
4) Apply scientific, technological and cultural knowledge in teaching.
5) Build educational teaching tools and assessment tools that allow for development of diversified skills and the proper application of knowledge.
6) Reflect on the ethics of the teaching profession and on the many scientific, social, cultural, educational options you can have.

Access conditions

The rules for admission to Masters in Education (Teacher Training) in FCSH are as described in regulation standards of study for Masters in Education and include the following criteria for the ranking of candidates: Classification of degree (20%); Academic and scientific curriculum (40%); Professional Resume (20%); Interview (10%); Letter of motivation (10%). Following the foregoing paragraph 6 Art. 11 of Decree-Law 43/2007, FCSH / UNL candidates must have completed a number of credits in the specific subject matter training. The proficiency in written and spoken Portuguese is evaluated through the curriculum, the interview and the letter of motivation.

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 2 years / 4 semesters. Total credits: 120 credits (70 in course units of the study programme + 50 in the non-taught component).
To obtain the masters degree, the student must realize in accordance with Decree-Law 43/2007, 22nd February, an introduction to professional practice which are assigned 50 credits (45 ECTS match Supervised Teaching Practice and 5 ECTS to the Seminar of Supervised Teaching Practice).

Access to other courses

Ciclo de estudos conducente ao grau de doutor. Sobre as condições específicas de acesso aos cursos de doutoramento consulte-se os regulamentos dos cursos de doutoramento da FCSH.

Evaluation rules

1) No obligatory precedences for attending the program’s courses. 2) Knowledge evalutation in the courses is individual and takes place at the end of each semester. The following tools will be considered: final oral and/or written assignments, papers or other assessment tools, in conditions to be agreed upon with each lecturer. The result of the evaluation is expressed in a mark from 0 to 20. 3) Approval in a course requires a final grade equal to or above 10. 4) Only those students who have obtained 70 ECTs on the scholar component of the program can proceed to the Supervised Teaching Practice. 5) For the evaluation of the Supervised Teaching Practice, please consult FCSH’s relevant regulations.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722160055	Teaching Geography Methodology I	10
722160056	Teaching Geography Methodology II	5
722160053	Teaching of History Methodology I	10
722160054	Teaching of History Methodology II	5
722141060	Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism	10
722031067	Education History and Policy	10
722160045	Supervised Teaching Practice in History and Geography	45
722160037	Research Supervision Seminar	5

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722160010	Adolescent Psychology in Education	10
722031075	Psychology and Interpersonal Communication	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722051267	The Society in Portugal (XV-XVIII Centuries)	10
722041025	Environment and Global Changes	10
722041077	Environmental Hazards and Society	10
722051269	Cycle African Empire: Colonialism, War and Decolonization in Contemporary Portugal	10
722041080	Mediterranean Ecosystem Degradation	10
722041081	Energy and the Environment	10
722041047	Geography of Globalization	10
722051258	Cultural and Mentalities History in Antiquity	10
722051286	History of Political Ideas Contemporary	10
722051288	History of Modern and Contemporary Revolutions	10
722051289	The Portuguese Empire: Centres and Peripheries (15th-18th century)	10
722041055	Environmental Policies	10
722041089	Transport and Mobility	10