Education Curriculum and Multiculturalism
Objectives
This course unit expects:
To prepare students to be good professionals / future teachers in school contexts of cultural diversity and also without diversity.
To be able to work with multicultural communities and to develop good practices and intercultural relations.
Teaching pupils to learn about the world and to think about others, in monocultural contexts of teaching and learning.
To be entrepreneurs and develop entrepreneurship.
General characterization
Code
722171259
Credits
5.0
Responsible teacher
Sílvia Maria Cândido de Almeida
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 140
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
ESTRELA, A. (1994). Teoria e prática de observação de classes: Uma estratégia de formação de professores. 4ª ed., Porto: Porto Editora.
PARASKEVA, J. (org.) (2006). Currículo e multiculturalismo. Mangualde: Edições Pedagogo.
SILVA, M. C. V. da (2008). Diversidade cultural na escola: encontros e desencontros. Lisboa: Edições Colibri, Colecção Pedagogia e Educação.
SILVA, M. C. V. da & GONÇALVES, C. (2011). Diversidade linguística no sistema educativo português: Necessidades e práticas pedagógicas nos ensinos básico e secundário. Lisboa: Observatório da Imigração (Estudo 46), ACIDI.
STOER, S. & CORTESÃO, L. (1999). Levantando a pedra: da pedagogia inter/multicultural às políticas educativas numa época de transnacionalização. Porto: Edições Afrontamento.
ZEICHNER, K. M. (1993). Formar os futuros professores para a diversidade cultural. In A formação reflexiva de professores: Ideias e práticas. Lisboa: Educa-Professores, 3, pp. 73-112.
Teaching method
Theoretical information, their own students' motivation for research, students' interaction, interdisciplinarity knowledge from students experience in different scientific areas, analysis of texts, videos and others relevant materials, reflection.
Evaluation method
Critical reading of one scientific article or book in group work (moment to discuss in group different points of vue from the same source and to motivate to entrepeneurship)(50%), Test (moment to produce an individual opinion / speech about a subject proposed by the teacher and to develop synthesis competency).(50%)
Subject matter
III - Contents:
1 - Education:
1.1 - Concepts of education, evolution, and contexts.
1.2 - Paradigms of Education in XXI century: approaches by UNESCO, OCDE, EU.
2 - School:
2.1 - Portuguese school as organization: administration/management, culture, project(s).
2.2 - Contemporary portuguese school: state, actors, and challenges.
2.3 - Legislation: bench mark.
3 - Curriculum:
3.1 - Definition, concepts, and proposals.
3.2 - Curricular development and constraints.
3.3 - Curricular development: pupils, knowledge, and society.
3.4 - Teachers participation in curricular development.
4 - Multicultural educational contexts:
4.1 - Characterization.
4.2 - Approaches.
4.3 - To built pedagogical relation: the teacher; the pupil; the families; cultural descontinuities.
5 - Multi/intercultural contexts of teaching and learning:
5.1 - Pedagogical strategies.
5.2 - School / family relations.
5.3 - School / community relations.
5.4 - Building cityzenship.
Programs
Programs where the course is taught:
- Área de Especialização de Alemão
- Área de Especialização de Espanhol
- Área de Especialização de Francês
- Área de Especialização em Alemão
- Área de Especialização em Espanhol
- Área de Especialização em Francês
- Área de Especialização em Inglês
- Master in Teaching of Musical Education in Elementary Education
- Master in Philosophy Teaching in Secondary Education
- Master in Teaching Geography in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
- Master in Teaching History in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
- Master in English Teaching in the 3rd cycle of Basic School and in Secondary School
- Master in Portuguese Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic School and in Secondary School