Education

Education objectives

Promoting academic training that enables personal and professional development of teachers and other professionals in education, in a logic of training throughout life by providing the enrichment of professional practices and the improvement of the organizations in which they work;

Answering needs and trainee motivations training in several areas of expertise, reflecting on the theoretical knowledge relating related to teaching and learning, questioning teaching practices and forms of school and educational organization and further promoting the education of reflective professionals;

Deepen skills in areas as learning, interdisciplinary, curricular development, research methodologies, technologies, sciences, education and interconnection with non-institutional learning;

Shaping school and education with a global and multidisciplinary approach integrating several stakeholders and levels of education.

Career opportunities

Teachers*;
Educators*;
Trainers;
Education and training technicians;
Animators;
Sociocultural mediators.

* Note: this master´s degree is not professional and does not formally qualify you for teaching.

General characterization

DGES code

1182

Cicle

Master (2^nd Cycle)

Degree

Mestre

Access to other programs

Access to a 3rd cycle

Coordinator

João José de Carvalho Correia de Freitas

Opening date

September

Vacancies

40

Fees

Portuguese students: 1250 € (1st year); 900 (2nd year)

Foreign students: 3500 €/semester

Schedule

After working-hours schedule

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Education Master, Physics for Teaching Specialization

Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Education Master, Technology in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Specialization (STEM)

Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Education Master, e-Learning and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education Specialization

Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Education Master, Additional Geology for Teaching Specialization

Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Education Master, Environmental Education and Sustainability Specialization
Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Education Master, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Specialization

Duration: 2 years
Total credits : 90 ECTS
Mandatory scientific areas:

Area	ECTS
Educational Sciences	90

Conditions of admittance

Admission rules:

Candidates must hold a course that enables them to exercise the teaching profession. Prior professional experience in carrying out teaching activities is valued in the evaluation process of applications and ranking of candidates;
May also joining this Master Degree, holders of other degrees, since currently engaged (or formerly earlier) with professional activities in education, such as technical of education, entertainers and socio-cultural mediators.

Ranking:

Academic and scientific curriculum;
Professional curriculum;
Motivation letter;
Possible interview.

Evaluation rules

The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.

The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of three elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.

All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).

All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.

For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.

The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.

Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)

Structure

Paths