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 2018
Vacancies
12
Fees
1.100,00€/year
Schedule
(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 educational
contents that can be developed.
Access conditions
Please consult the application call available at www.fcsh.unl.pt
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).
The degree of “mestre” corresponds to the level 7 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.
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 - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722160078 | Teaching of History Methodology II - 2nd semester | 10 |
| 722171259 | Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism - 2nd semester | 5 |
| 722171270 | Organization of Educational Projects in History - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722171269 | Supervised Teaching Practice - 2nd semester | 45 |
| 722171257 | Educational Psichology - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722171268 | Research Supervision Seminar - 2nd semester | 5 |
| 722171258 | Education Systems and School Cultures - 2nd semester | 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 - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722051115 | Espaços e Poderes na Época Moderna (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051258 | História Cultural e das Mentalidades do Antigo Egipto (not translated) | 10 |
| 722051265 | History of Private Life in the Middle Ages - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722051286 | History of Contemporary Political Ideas - 2nd semester | 10 |
| 722051288 | History of Contemporary Revolutions - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722051289 | The Portuguese Empire: Centres and Peripheries (15th-18th Century) - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722051260 | The Ancient Middle East: Society and Cultures | 10 |
| 722051149 | Origin and Formation of Religions in Ancient Asia - 1st semester | 10 |
| 722051358 | Problemáticas da Arte Egípcia (not translated) - 2nd semester | 10 |
| 722051167 | Power Systems in the Middle Ages | 10 |
| 722051169 | Society and Culture in the Middle Ages - 2nd semester | 10 |