Specialized Seminar in Special Educational Needs
Code
73221114
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas
Credits
10
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The main learning outcomes of the curricular unit are: knowledge of theoretical and conceptual framework, quality of the learning contexts for those who have special needs and promoting quality research in special Educational Needs.
Students should:
a) be able to understand and discuss the main issues regarding special educational needs;
b) be aquainted with a theoretical framework and its development in the last decades concerning concepts and attitudes towards educational and difference;
c) acquire skills to critically analyse, evaluate and develop research within special educational needs.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
A - Education and Difference
. Towards school integration
. Inclusive Education
. Education and quality
. Intervention and research in special education
B - Intervention within family context
. Families´ empowerment in the inclusion process
C - Early Childhood Intervention
. Theoretical Models and recommended practices
. Research in Early Childhood Intervention
Bibliography
Florian Lani (Ed.) (2007) The SAGE handbook of special education. London: SAGE
Gaitas, S. & Morgado, J. (2010). Educação, Diferença e Psicologia, Análise Psicológica, 28(2), 359-375.
Morgado, J. (2011) Qualidade e Educação Inclusiva. D. Rodrigues (Org.) Educação Inclusiva: dos conceitos às práticas, 109-124. Lisboa. Instituto Piaget.
Morgado, J. (2004). Qualidade na Educação. Um desafio aos professores. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
Pinto, A. I., Grande, C., Aguiar, C., Almeida, I. C., Felgueiras, I., Pimentel, J. S., (2012). Early childhood intervention in Portugal: An overview based on the Developmental Systems Model. Infants & YoungInfants & Young Children, Vol. 25(4), 1-13.
Teaching method
Trabalho individual escrito com apresentação oral em painel de discussão
Evaluation method
Individual written work with an oral presentation in a panel