Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Interdisciplinary Seminaron Innovation in Education

Code

11386

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas

Credits

3.0

Teacher in charge

João José de Carvalho Correia de Freitas

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

To know the latest policy guidelines and international studies on the organization of educational systems and about the processes of teaching and learning
- To understand the possibilities for innovation in education at the macro (system), meso (school and territories) and micro (classroom and learning environments
- To be able to identify and plan models and innovative practices in their professional contexts

Subject matter

1 - The organization of educational systems:
1.1 innovative perspectives in the studies and recommendations of international organizations (such as OECD, UNESCO,….)
1.2 Recent national policy guidelines

2 - Schools and territories:
2.1 models and innovative practices
2.2 educational potentialities of local institutions (cultural, artistic, scientific, social, professional, ...)

3 - The classrooms and learning environments:
3.1 National and international recommendations on teaching-learning
3.2 models and innovative practices

Bibliography

various to be given by each lecturer

Teaching method

The curricular unit will run with weekly conferences, followed by a debate with the prior reading and forum online. It is required to participate in at least 4/5 of the conference.

Evaluation method

The assessment of students will be continuous and will take into account the attendance and participation in conferences, as well as the preparation by each student of a paper (maximum of 15,000 characters, including spaces) on the subject of one or more conferences to an audience properly identified (eg, newspaper like "página da educação " or an opinion text for a weekly or daily newspaper).

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