Teaching English and a Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Master
Paths
- Teaching English and French in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Education and in Secondary Education
- Teaching English and Spanish in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Education and in Secondary Education
- Teaching English and German in the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Education and in Secondary Education
Coordinator
Ana Alexandra Matos
Opening date
Soon available
Vacancies
20 vagas
Fees
1st year - 1.000,00 / 2nd year - 1.000,00
Schedule
Education objectives
- To understand the official guidelines and principles of the national educational policy and their development;
- To understand the pedagogical, methodological and didactic knowledge in educational research;
- To apply the pedagogical, methodological and didactic knowledge to the definition, management and evaluation
of curricular planning and pedagogical practice;
- To adapt pedagogical and didactic practice to rhe specificities of teaching subjects, different levels, students
and school resources, including adaptation to multicultural contexts;
- To manage and apply scientific, cultural, pegagogical and didactic knowledge to the design of teaching and
learning situations and assessment relevant to the syllabus objectives, as well as students´ learning context.
- To reflect on the ethical, social and cultural implications of the profession within the context of contemporary
world problems and citizenship education;
- To develop research and professional development competencies.
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
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 Research Seminar).
Access to other courses
Evaluation rules
1) No obligatory precedences for attending the programs 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 FCSHs relevant regulations.