Teaching English in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Ana Gonçalves Matos

Opening date

September, 2015

Vacancies

18 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

-To understand the official guidelines and principles of the national educational policy and their development;
-To understand the pedagogical, methodological and didactic knowledge in educational research;
-To adapt pedagogical and didactic practice to the specificities of the teaching subject, different levels, students and school resources, including adaptation to multicultural contexts;
-To manage and apply scientific, cultural, pedagogical and didactic knowledge to the design of teaching and learning activities and assessment relevant to the syllabus objectives, as well as students´ learning context.
-To reflect on the ethical, social and cultural implications of the profession within the context of contemporary world problems and citizenship education;
- To develop research and professional development competencies.

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
722160022	TEFL Methodology I	10
722160023	TEFL Methodology II	5
722171259	Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism	5
722171273	Teaching Literature	5
722171272	Language and Intercultural Education	5
722171275	Supervised Teaching Practice	45
722171257	Educational Psichology	10
722171274	Research Supervision Seminar	5
722171258	Education Systems and School Cultures	5
722171271	TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING	5

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722121051	Anglo-Portuguese Cultural Crossings	10
722121033	English Literary Studies	10
722121052	British Cultural Identities	10
722121050	NORTH AMERICAN LITERARY STUDIES/Image, Identity and Reality in North American Literature	10
722160026	English C2	10
722121049	Literary Narratives in Anglo-Portuguese Contexts	10
722121053	American Representations: Identity, Culture and the Arts	10