Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Education, Society and Development

Code

11385

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas

Credits

9.0

Teacher in charge

Mariana Teresa Gaio Alves

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

. To Know  in a socio-historical perspective, the main school and educational changes;
. To understand the interdependence between education, society and development;
. To know the entities involved in the organization of educational systems;
. To understand the levels of policy making in education (supra-national, national, institutional / organizational, local).
. To be able to contribute to some current debates education and school, basing opinions and positions.

Prerequisites

Does not apply.

Subject matter

1 - Social and educational change:

1.1 School education: socio-historical perspective

1.2 Non-school education and lifelong learning

1.3 Pre-modern, modern, and contemporary societies: changes and challenges in education and development

 

2 - Issues and debates of contemporary education:

2.1 Equal opportunities and equity in education

2.2 Literacy and lifelong education

2.3 Indiscipline and violence in school

2.4 Education and economical, social and human development

 

3 - The regulation of educational policies and development:

3.1 The decision levels: supranational, national, organizational, local

3.2 Comparative perspective on educational systems in Europe

3.3 Evolutionary trends in the organization of educational systems

Bibliography

Ana Nunes de ALMEIDA e Maria Manuel VIEIRA, A Escola em Portugal: Novos Olhares, Outros Cenários, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisboa, 2006.

 Michael APPLE, Stephen BALL, Luis GANDIN (eds.) (2010). The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education, London and New York: Routledge.

 João BARROSO (org.), 2006, A Regulação das Políticas Públicas de Educação: espaços, dinâmicas e actores, Lisboa, edições Educa.

Rui CANÁRIO, 2006, O que é a Escola? Um olhar sociológico, Porto, Porto editora.

Edgar FAURE. (1974). Aprender a Ser. Lisboa: Bertrand.

Maureen T. HALLINAN (ed.) (2000). Handbook of Sociology of Education. London: Springer.

 Licínio LIMA (2007). Educação ao Longo da Vida: entre a mão direita e a mão esquerda de Miró. São Paulo: edições Cortez.

 

Teaching method

Diverse teaching methodologies will combine oral exposure of relevant issues in the field under study, dialogue and argumentation around scientific themes, the research and analysis of information relevant to the deepening of educational issues.
To this end, students are invited to participate early actively in classroom sessions through prior preparation of the issues and in moments of collective debate and reflection; individual exposure (oral and written) of research problems is also encouraged.
The evaluation of the course will be continuous and will take into consideration the following elements: attendance and class participation, performance on all tasks, presentation of work in class, quality of the final group work.

Evaluation method

The evaluation of the course will be continuous and will take into consideration the following elements: attendance and class participation, performance on all tasks, presentation of work in class, quality of the final group work.

 

 

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