Organização e Gestão Educacional

Teaching Methodologies

The curricular unit’s content will be developed through theoretical and practical lessons,where models and theoretical concepts will be
presented. Also, analysis and discussion of texts/legislation as well as practical work will be adopted.

Learning Results

Recognize the importance of organizational variables of education in
teaching-learning processes and in the behavior and attitudes of
teachers;
– Get to know the main models of analysis and organizational management, concerning educational institutions;
– Get to know the Portuguese Education System, its guiding principles and organization;
– Adopt practices acording to the orientations expressed in the Foundation Law of the Education System and the Regime of Autonomy and
Administration of Schools;
– Identify the different management units and pedagogical coordenation departments and their competencies.

Program

Module 1- The educational institution as an organization.
Module 2 – Organizational communication and leadership processes
Module 3 – The regime of autonomy, administration and management of preschool and elementary school public institutions
Module 4 – Private and Cooperative Educational Institutions and Private Institutions of Social Solidarity: contexts of educational activity
Module 5 – The process of teachers and schools`s evaluation

Grading Methods

Continuous evaluation
  • - Research work - 50.0%
  • - Individual and/or Group Work - 50.0%
Exam
  • - Exam - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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