Research Supervision Seminar - Portuguese/Latin
Code
722160085
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
5
Weekly hours
1
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Demonstrate the ability to research and read relevant literature.
b) Demonstrate the ability of relating and articulating concepts and readings with ones educational experience.
c) Demonstrate critical analysis skills.
d) Display learning and openness to change through a process of reflective thinking.
e) Contribute ethically to the creation of a responsible working atmosphere within ones group.
f) Master the global organisation of the text displaying coherence.
g) Write in appropriate scholarly style, respecting quotation and bibliographic referencing norms.
h) Write with objectivity, concision and fluency, correctly applying gramar and spelling rules.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
a) The pertinence of the teacher-researcher concept.
b) Research methodologies in language education - Portuguese (first language) and Latin.
c) Research questions and objectives.
d) Data collection and analysis; presentation and discussion of results.
e) Self assessment and reflective practice tools.
f) Searching, synthesizing, summarizing and critiquing literatures.
g) Textual organization and planning.
Bibliography
Bulea, E. & Bronckart, J.-P. (2010). Les conditions dexploitation de lanalyse des pratiques pour la formation des enseignants. In : Linguarum Arena, vol. 1, n° 1, pp. 43-60.
Bronckart, Jean-Paul (2007). Desarrollo del lenguaje y didática de las lenguas.
Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila.
Bulwer, John (ed.) (2006). Classics Teaching in Europe. Londres: Duckworth.
Ceia, C. (2012). Normas para Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos. 9ª ed. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
Dolz-Mestre, J. (2016). As atividades e os exercícios de língua: uma reflexão sobre a engenharia didática. DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 32(1), 237-260.
Lamas, E. (coord.) (2001). Dicionário de Metalinguagens da Didáctica. Porto: Porto Editora.
McNiff, Jean. (2002). Action Research: Principles and Practice. London: Routledge.
Pittàno, Giuseppe (1983). Didattica del Latino. Milão: Bruno Mondadori.
Teaching method
Presentation and discussion of research questions and issues in language education - Portuguese (first language) and Latin.
Analysis of action research projects and study cases; critical and reflective analysis of the individual research project and of languages teaching and learning practices - Portuguese (first language) and Latin.
Individual and small group tutoring sessions to support the organisation of the rechearch project to be implemented.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment based on practical tasks, tutorials and self-guided learning (30%).
Preparation of the literature review on the chosen topic to rechearch and writing project (70%).
A minimum of 70% of sessions attendance is required.