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Postgraduate Course in Music in Early Childhood: Intervention and Research

Education objectives

1. Acquire knowledge and skills in Edwin Gordon's music learning theory with a specific focus on the age group from zero to five years old
2. Develop research skills with target audiences aged zero to five years old — and associated social and educational contexts — creating transdisciplinary perspectives on Music Psychology, Music Pedagogy, Music Therapy, Artistic Studies in Childhood, and other branches of knowledge.
3. Develop expressive, playful, and artistic skills that enable quality performances in the field of art for children.
4. Explore formulas for human interaction that use musical resources in contact with children aged zero to five years old, and their families, in different contexts.
5. Identify sources of information and methodologies relevant to conducting research in the field of musical development studies.
6. Acquire skills in observing and describing behaviour, providing a basis for designing PhD-level research.
7. Develop leadership and cooperative work skills, preparing for networking with professionals who share the goal of better caring for children.

General characterization

DGES code

E187

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Postgraduate programmes

Degree

PG

Access to other programs

Not applicable.

Coordinator

Helena Maria Ferreira Rodrigues da Silva, Ana Isabel Lemos do Carmo Pereira

Opening date

2025-09-16

Vacancies

Available soon

Fees

2200 Euros/year or 2200 Euros/year (foreign students)

Schedule

Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese Language

Degree pre-requisites

Total credits: 60 ECTS based in the compulsory curricular units.

(1 ECTS - European Credit Transfer System = a 28-hour workload).

Conditions of admittance

Application and access conditions to the cycle of studies reflect the conditions established in the national legislation, namely: - To hold a degree (1st cycle), or legal equivalent; - To hold a foreign academic degree recognized by the Scientific Council (SC) of NOVA FCSH; - To hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae, recognized by the Scientific Council (SC) of NOVA FCSH. Applicants will be selected and ranked according to the criteria annually defined in the application edict.

Evaluation rules

The current evaluation regulation at the host institution is adopted. Each course unit describes evaluation methods in detail. 1) Mandatory precedence is not required for attending postgraduate courses. 2) The knowledge assessment is individual and will take place at the end of the academic semesters. In the assessment of knowledge, final written and / or oral tests, works or other elements of assessment carried out by students within the different curricular units will be considered under conditions to be defined by the respective teachers. The evaluation result will be expressed in a numerical scale from 0 to 20 values. 3) A student who obtains a final classification equal to or higher than 10 values is approved in a curricular unit.