Specialized Seminar in Management and Leadership in Education
Code
73221113
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas
Credits
10
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To develop knowledge about the theories of management, organization and leadership in the field of education;
b) To understand and reflect about school as an educational organization;
c) To understand and analyse the role of the leadership styles and their implications for the school organization;
d) To know the state of the art in the field of research about school and other educational organizations and educational leadership;
e) To critically analyse and discuss literature about educational management and leadership;
f) To get to know the models of governance and regulation, including legal processes;
g) To know and understand analysis and evaluation methods;
h) To write sinthesis about topics of educational management and leadership and to orient discutions about thse topics, in a fundamented way;
i) To develop research competencies in this particular field.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Research about school and leadership
1.1. Tecnhical approaches (management and organization)
1.2. Antropological and sociological approaches
1.3. Integrative and comprehensive approaches
2. School as a complex and multidimensional reality
2.1. The institutional dimension
2.2. The professional dimension
2.3. The personal dimension
3. School as an educational organization
3.1. School culture and organizational climate
3.1.1. Actors
3.1.2. Discourses, languages and concepts
3.1.3. Organizational and institutional aspects
3.2. Organizational models
4. Leadership in school contexts
4.1. Leadership and school culture
4.2. Models and styles of leadership
Bibliography
Afonso, N., Viseu, S., & Barroso, J. (2006). A regulação das políticas públicas de educação : espaços, dinâmicas e actores. Lisboa: Educa.
Barroso, J. ( 2006). Políticas educativas e organização escolar. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979) The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Deal, T. E.; Peterson, K. (2009). Shaping School Culture: pitfalls, paradoxes and promises. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Schein, P. (1985). Organizational culture and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Starratt, R. (2011). Refocusing school leadership: foregrounding human development throughout the work of the school. NY: Routledge.
Stoll, L.; Fink, D. (2001). Changing our schools. Buckingham, PH: Open University Press.
Teaching method
Analysis and discussion of book chapters, journal papers and research projects about the contents of the seminar. Writing and presentation of sinthesis by the teacher and the students.
Evaluation method
Contributions and participation in the seminar activities during the semester. Writing, presentation and discussion of a review of a scientific paper related with the contents of the seminar.