Local Development

Teaching Methodologies

1. Oral presentatio of the content required to acquire skills by the teacher, especially those in which students
show greater comprehension difficulties;
2. Resolution of practical applications (exercises, analysis of texts, case studies);
3. Activities of documental and empirical research to be undertaken by students, guided by the teacher, to perform during the contact time and outside it;
4. Conducting group work, oral presentations and discussion by the collective.

Learning Results

To know and to discuss the techniques and methods for the implementation of plans and projects to promote
active and creative local development;
To know the techniques and methods to promote public participation in the implementation of plans and
projects of local development.

Program

1. Concepts, myths, philosophies and approaches to development;
2. Development indicators;
3. Differences in development;
4. Participatory survey tecnhiques of local development;
5. Construction of participatory and gender-sensitive local development projects;

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Guijt, Irene. Monitoramento participativo: Conceitos e Ferramentas Práticas para a Agricultura Sustentável. International Institute for Enviroment and Development; Assesoria e Serviços a Projectos em Agricultura Alternativa, 1999
Schiefer, U.; Bal-Dobel, Lucinia; Baptista, António, Dobel, Reinald; Nogueira, João e Teixeira, Paulo. Manual de Planeamento e Avaliação de Projectos. Principia Editora, Estoril, 2006
Schiefer, Ulrich; Teixeira, Paulo Jorge e Monteiro, Susana. MAPA – Manual de Facilitação para a Gestão de Eventos e Processos Participativos (Método aplicado de Planeamento e Avaliação). Principia Editora, Estoril, 2006
Wicki, Wilde e Vainio-Mattila, Arja. Gender Analisys and Forestry. Forests, Trees and People Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Roma, 1995