Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Adolescent Psychology in Education

Code

722160010

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The student will be able to:
a) Understand the relationship between cognitive development and emotional development of young people and the demands of cognitive, social and instrumental pathways present in contemporary education and training,
b) Identify and analyze relevant scientific literature in the field of developmental psychology,
c) Understand the changes in psychological development with emphasis on the changes that occur during adolescence
d) Promote the linkage between the diagnostic capabilities of blocking situations or risk in adolescence and activation capabilities of psychological development,
e) Present oral and written empirical studies linking them with the greatest discoveries of contemporary developmental psychology.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

a) Concepts and theories of developmental psychology. Research methods in human development.
b) Cognitive development in adolescence and the issue of generalization of formal operations. Piaget’s theory: stages, adaptation and organization. Cognitive development and education: Jerome Bruner and the importance of structure.
c) The socio-emotional development in adolescence and identity formation. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial crisis life cycle model
d) The social-moral development in adolescence and its activation. Kohlberg´s theory and levels of socio-cognitive development. Classroom rules and misbehaviour.
e) Young people living in adverse conditions and the issue of resilience.

Bibliography

Detry, B., & Simas, F. (2001). Educação, cognição e desenvolvimento. Lisboa: Edinova.
Kaplan, J. S. (1995). Beyond behavior modification (3rd ed.). Austin, TX: PROED.
Lourenço, O. M. (2002). Psicologia do desenvolvimento moral (3.ª ed.). Coimbra: Almedina.
Neuenschwander, M.(2002). Desenvolvimento e identidade na adolescência. Coimbra: Almedina.
Newman, B. M., & Newman, P. (2011). Lifespan development: A psychosocial approach (11th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Papalia, D. E., Olds, S. W., & Feldman, R. D. (2009). O mundo da criança (10.ª ed.). Lisboa: McGraw-Hill. (texto recomendado)
Silva, C. F., Nossa, P. N. S., & Silvério, J. M. A. (2008). Incidentes críticos na sala de aula: Análise comportamental aplicada (2.ª ed.). Coimbra: Quarteto.
Santrock, J. W. (2012). A topical approach to life-span development (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Woolfolk, A. (2011). Educational psychology (3rd ed). .). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Teaching method

Teacher lectures. The students will present orally essays on articles or book chapters. Discussion of issues rose both by the teacher displays and by the students’ presentations.

Evaluation method

The evaluation includes one essay (15 pages) on a topic suggested by the teacher and their presentation to the class and a final in-class written exam.

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