Textuality and Education
Code
722091105
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Luís Manuel Bernardo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To discuss the grounds of a theory of textuality;
b) To define educational phenomena as communicative action;
c) To establish the relationship between textuality and education;
d) To reflect on reading communities, levels of textuality and educational contexts;
e) To discuss the canon theory;
f) To develop research competences in this disciplinary field.
Prerequisites
N.A.
Subject matter
From language to texts;
Text and textuality: authorship, referentiality and reading;
Textuality as a theoretical frame for the understanding of action and education;
Types and levels in textuality: educational purposes;
Reading communities and educational contexts;
Provisional and educational canons.
Bibliography
ADAM, J.-M., Les textes: types et prototypes, Paris, Armand Colin, 2011.
AMILBURU, M., La Educación, Actividad Interpretativa, Madrid, Dykinson, 2002.
BLOOM, H., O Cânone Ocidental, Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2011.
BRONCKART, J.-P., Activité langagière, textes et discours, Lausanne/Paris, Delachaux et Niestlé, 1996.
DIONÍSIO, M., A Construção Escolar de Comunidades de Leitores, Coimbra, Almedina, 2000.
JACQUES, F., Larbre du texte et ses possibles, Paris, Vrin, 2008.
TORNERO, J., Comunicação e Educação na Sociedade da Informação, Porto, Porto Editora, 2007.
Teaching method
Seminar based on the presentation and discussion of texts previously prepared by students with the teachers moderation.
Evaluation method
The evaluation is continuous and aims at provide constructive assessment. It includes participation in the seminar activities, oral presentation of a book concerning one of the seminar subjects (in group, showing a powerpoint for around 20 minutes) and a written critical review of a book included in the extended bibliography
(between 5 and 10 pages).