Teaching History in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Master
Coordinator
Raquel Pereira Henriques
Opening date
September, 2015
Vacancies
12 vagas
Fees
1.000€/year
Schedule
Evening schedule comprises seminars and teaching practice is carried out during working hours. (to be available at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino/mestrados)
Education objectives
1) To know the guidelines of national education policy and its generic evolution.
2) Adapt educational and teaching practices to the specific subject areas of History of the 3rd
cycle and secondary, students and school environments.
3) Apply scientific, cultural, pedagogical and didactic skills in planning and development of collaborative
teaching-learning and self-regulated activities, appropriate to the curriculum but also thinking needs of students and school environments.
4) Apply scientific, technological and cultural knowledge in teaching.
5) Build educational teaching tools and assessment tools that allow for development of diversified skills and the proper application of knowledge.
6) Reflect about the ethics of the teaching profession and the many scientific, social, cultural and educational
contents.
Access conditions
The rules for admission to Masters in Education (Teacher Training) in FCSH/NOVA are as described in regulation standards of study for Masters in Education and include the following criteria for the ranking of candidates: • Classification of degree (20%); • Academic and scientific curriculum (30%); • Professional Resume (20%); • Proof of proficiency in written Portuguese (20%); • Interview (10%). Candidates must have completed a number of credits in the specific subject matter training.
Degree pre-requisites
Length: 2 years / 4 semesters. Total credits: 120 credits (70 in course units of the study programme + 50 in the non-taught component).
To obtain the masters degree, the student must realize in accordance with Decree-Law 79/2014, 14th May, an introduction to professional practice which are assigned 50 credits (45 ECTS match Supervised Teaching Practice and 5 ECTS to the Seminar of Supervised Teaching Practice).
Access to other courses
Completion of the Masters degree allows the holder to apply for the cycle of studies which leads to a Doctorate Degree. For the specific access requirements for doctoral programmes, consult the regulations governing the doctoral programmes at FCSH/NOVA.
Evaluation rules
1) No obligatory precedences for attending the program’s courses. 2) Knowledge evalutation in the courses is individual and takes place at the end of each semester. The following tools will be considered: final oral and/or written assignments, papers or other assessment tools, in conditions to be agreed upon with each lecturer. The result of the evaluation is expressed in a mark from 0 to 20. 3) Approval in a course requires a final grade equal to or above 10. 4) Only those students who have obtained 60 ECTs on the scholar component of the program can proceed to the Supervised Teaching Practice. 5) For the evaluation of the Supervised Teaching Practice, please consult FCSH/NOVA’s relevant regulations.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 722160053 | Teaching of History Methodology I | 10 |
| 722160078 | Teaching of History Methodology II | 10 |
| 722171259 | Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism | 5 |
| 722171270 | Organization of Educational Projects in History | 10 |
| 722171269 | Supervised Teaching Practice | 45 |
| 722171257 | Educational Psichology | 10 |
| 722171268 | Research Supervision Seminar | 5 |
| 722171258 | Education Systems and School Cultures | 5 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 722051267 | Society in Portugal (15th-18th Century) | 10 |
| 722051269 | The Empire´s African Cycle: Colonialism, War and Decolonisation in Contemporary Portugal | 10 |
| 722051115 | Espaços e Poderes na Época Moderna (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051258 | História Cultural e das Mentalidades do Antigo Egipto (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051265 | História da Vida Privada na Idade Média (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051286 | History of Contemporary Political Ideas | 10 |
| 722051288 | History of Contemporary Revolutions | 10 |
| 722051289 | The Portuguese Empire: Centres and Peripheries (15th-18th Century) | 10 |
| 722051260 | The Ancient Middle East: Society and Cultures | 10 |
| 722051149 | Origin and Formation of Religions in Ancient Asia | 10 |
| 722051358 | Problemáticas da Arte Egípcia (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051167 | Power Systems in the Middle Ages | 10 |
| 722051169 | Society and Culture in the Middle Ages | 10 |