Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education and Latin in Secondary Education

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Maria Antónia Coutinho

Opening date

Not offered in 2016-2017.

Vacancies

6

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

The student should be able:
-To deepen fundamental scientific knowledge, from the perspective of teaching Portuguese and Latin;
- To find a balance between the methods of teaching to meet the needs of the latin and Portuguese curricula, the new technologies and the most recent pedagogical perspectives;
- To get familiar with appropriate methodologies concerning the teaching-and-learning of Portuguese and
Latin;
- To apply scientific, pedagogical, didactic and methodological knowledge when defining, managing and
evaluating curricular guidelines and pedagogical practices in teaching Portuguese and Latin;
- To develop an understanding of pupils in school, their similarities and differences, particularly in terms of
their needs, their behaviour, motivation and levels of attainment;
- To promote the development of innovative pedagogical and methodological practices.
- To relate the formative, reflective, research dimensions with the activity of both of Portuguese and Latin
teacher.

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
722160083	Teaching Latin Methodology I	10
722160084	Teaching Latin Methodology II	5
722160033	Didática do Português I - 1st semester	10
722160035	Teaching Portuguese Methodology II - 2nd semester	5
722171259	Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism - 2nd semester	5
722160086	Supervised Teaching Practice - Portuguese and Latin	45
722171257	Educational Psichology - 1st semester	10
722160085	Research Supervision Seminar - Portuguese/Latin	5
722171258	Education Systems and School Cultures - 2nd semester	5

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722131101	Language Acquisition and Language Impairment - 1st semester	10
722131102	Language Development in Multilingual Contexts - 2nd semester	10
722131084	Portuguese Grammar and Teaching - 1st semester	10
722131077	Text Theory - 2nd semester	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091123	Cânone Literário do Português (not translated) - 2nd semester	10
722091158	- 2nd semester	10
722091124	Portuguese Culture Themes - 2nd semester	10
722091126	Temas de Literatura em Português (not translated) - 2nd semester	10