Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Teaching Musical Education in Elementary Education

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

João Nogueira

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

10 vagas

Fees

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

Schedule

Education objectives

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: 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

Completion of the Masters degree allows the holder to apply for the cycle of studies which leads to a Doctorate Degree. For the specific access requirements for doctoral programmes, consult the regulations governing the doctoral programmes at FCSH, UNL.

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
722141060 Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism 10
722031067 Education History and Policy 10
722021047 Movimento, Voz e Comunicação 10
722160060 Prática de Ensino Supervisionada em Educação Musical 45
722021048 Educational Practices in Music: Projects and Methodologies 10
722160058 Seminário de Orientação da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada em Educação Musical 5
722170133 Theory of Musical Learning 10
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
722021037 History of Western Music 10
722021049 Música e Desenvolvimento Humano 10
722021021 Music and Thought 10
722021022 Music and Society 10
722021027 Psychology of Music and Music Pedagogy 10
722021029 Research Themes in Ethnomusicology 10