Geography Teaching in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Fernando Ribeiro Martins

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

12

Fees

New students - 1.100,00

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) Knowing the guidelines of national education policy and its generic evolution;
2) Develop the capacity of suitability of pedagogical and didactic to the specific subject area of practice, levels of education, students and school environments;
3) Mobilize and apply scientific, cultural, pedagogical and didactic knowledge in the development of collaborative teaching and learning appropriate to the curricular documents activities but also the specifics of the students and school environments;
4) To develop scientific, technological, ethical and cultural knowledge and apply them in teaching practice;
5) Build didactic and pedagogical tools that allow skills development and the appropriate application of knowledge;
6) Enable the reasoning of judgments and didactic-pedagogic options taking into consideration relevant to the teaching of the subject of Geography in the 3rd cycle of basic education and secondary education in social, scientific and ethical aspects.

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
722160055	Teaching Geography Methodology I	10
722160081	Teaching Geography Methodology II - 2nd semester	10
722171259	Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism - 2nd semester	5
722160082	Supervised Teaching Practice in Geography Teaching	45
722171257	Educational Psichology - 1st semester	10
722160080	Research Supervision Seminar - 1st semester	5
722171258	Education Systems and School Cultures - 2nd semester	5
722160079	Technologies in the Teaching of Geography - 1st semester	10

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722041025	Environment and Global Changes	10
722041029	Digital Cartography and Design - 1st semester	10
722041077	Environmental Hazards and Society	10
722041080	Mediterranean Ecosystem Degradation - 1st semester	10
722041034	Regional and Local Development	10
722041081	Energy and the Environment - 2nd semester	10
722041047	Geography of Globalisation	10
722041085	Geographic Information Systems and Coastal Management - 2nd semester	10
722041089	Transports and Mobility - 1st semester	10