Masters in Teaching English in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
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.
General characterization
DGES code
4344
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Master
Access to other programs
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.
Coordinator
Ana Gonçalves Matos; Carlos Ceia (Coordenador geral mestrados em ensino)
Opening date
September 2019
Vacancies
18
Fees
More information provided in the Call for Applications, available on www.fcsh.unl.pt
Schedule
(see at https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/)
Teaching language
Available soon
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.
Conditions of admittance
Please consult the application call available at www.fcsh.unl.pt
Evaluation rules
1) No obligatory precedences for attending the programs 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/NOVAs relevant regulations.
Structure
Mandatory | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
722160022 | TEFL Methodology I - 1st semester | 10 |
722160023 | TEFL Methodology II - 2nd semester | 5 |
722171259 | Education, Curriculum and Multiculturalism - 2nd semester | 5 |
722171273 | Teaching Literature - 2nd semester | 5 |
722171272 | Language and Intercultural Education - 1st semester | 5 |
722171275 | Supervised Teaching Practice - 2nd semester | 45 |
722171257 | Educational Psichology - 1st semester | 10 |
722171274 | Research Supervision Seminar - 1st semester | 5 |
722171258 | Education Systems and School Cultures - 2nd semester | 5 |
722171271 | English Teaching with ICT - 2nd semester | 5 |
Elective option 1 | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
722121051 | ANGLO-PORTUGUESE CULTURAL CROSSINGS - 1st semester | 10 |
722121033 | English Literature Studies - 1st semester | 10 |
722121052 | British Cultural Identities - 2nd semester | 10 |
722121050 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERARY STUDIES/Image, Identity and Reality in North American Literature - 2nd semester | 10 |
722160026 | English C2 - 2nd semester | 10 |
722121049 | Literary Narratives in Anglo-Portuguese Contexts - 2nd semester | 10 |
722121053 | American Representations: Identity, Culture and the Arts - 1st semester | 10 |