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The 3-year Degree in Education trains senior professionals of Education/Training capable of intervening in various educational settings, by providing the adequate knowledge and skills that would enable them to: observe and analyse socio-educational contexts of organisations with educational and training competencies and of activities where there are educational, training and lifelong learning dimensions; perform support functions in identifying educational problems, in the curriculum design of degrees, in planning, organising, managing and evaluating programmes and projects, in training educators and agents of local development in youth work, in the community intervention and in mediation. This cycle of studies provides graduates in Education with knowledge and skills that enable them to act within and outside the Educational System, particularly in terms of Education, Training, Training Management, Social and Community Intervention and Educational Mediation.

Curso

2023/2024

General
Access
Aditional Information
Study Plan
Assessment/Accreditation

General

Academic degree:

Bachelor (Bologna 1st cycle degree)

ECTS:

180

Duration:

6 curricular semesters

Regime:

Daytime

Place:

Gualtar Campus, Braga (UM)

Main Scientific area:

Education

Contacts

Course Director

Daniela Andrade Vilaverde Silva

dsilva@ie.uminho.pt

253604630

Mobility Academic Coordinator

Fernando José Fraga Azevedo

fraga@ie.uminho.pt

+351253604634

Institute of Education

Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga

+351 253604240

+351 253604659

cpedagogico@ie.uminho.pt

http://www.ie.uminho.pt

Description

The Bachelor's degree in Education prepares professionals or higher education technicians with skills to work within and outside the educational system, at all levels, and in various intervention modalities (education, training, training management, mediation, etc.). As such, graduates in Education develop competencies to perform functions such as:
- Education and training for citizenship.
- Pedagogical training of trainers, design of training projects and programs, and socio-educational intervention.
- Personal, professional, and social development training, adult education, community education, and cultural animation.
- Socio-educational intervention with at-risk groups, social integration, and mediation.
- Management, coordination, and supervision in public and private organizations related to education, training, community development, including social centers and Social Security.
The Bachelor's degree in Education is structured into three scientific areas: Basic Sciences of Education, Research and Intervention Methodologies in Education, and Introduction to Professional Practice. It promotes a comprehensive human education, encompassing ethical, cultural, scientific, artistic, technical, and professional dimensions. The curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation, complemented by a diverse set of options, and offers students the opportunity to engage with potential professional contexts from the first year of the course.

Key learning outcomes

Upon completing this degree, students will:
1. Gain broad knowledge of educational and training phenomena within their political, social, and community contexts, drawing from different basic disciplines of Education.
2. Contribute to the critical analysis of educational institutions, organizations, and socio-educational intervention systems, including their policies, objectives, contexts, and processes.
3. Acquire methods and research techniques in education to support the realization of characterization studies, diagnostic work, and identification of needs.
4. Be equipped to plan, organize, manage, and evaluate education and training programs and projects.
5. Receive methods and techniques to support the curriculum design of training actions.
6. Be provided with methods and techniques to assist in pedagogical decision-making and evaluation.
7. Apply educational and training methodologies in diverse socio-educational contexts.
8. Gain an adequate introduction to professional practice to facilitate the graduates' integration into the job market, through activities involving observation, reflection, analysis, and educational intervention in work contexts under appropriate guidance.

Access to higher education

This course provides the technical-scientific capacity to access the next level of education: Master's degree.

Careers

In accordance with the course's competency profile, graduates are qualified to work in socio-educational contexts and educational and training institutions, including schools, social protection centers, health centers, day care facilities, family and minor courts, cultural centers, museum educational services, foundations, libraries, special education, reeducation and social reintegration centers, adult and lifelong education services, cultural and social action municipal services, cultural, recreational, and sports associations, consulting and training companies, vocational training centers, among others.

Access

75

Vacancies

0

Minimum

Access forms

The access to this Cycle of Studies can be done through the following ways:
- Application for National Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Local Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Special Access to Higher Education Admissions;
- Application for Access to Higher Education Admissions through Re-Entry, Change and Transfer of Course.

The language of the course is the Portuguese.

Formal requirements

Entrance Testing

02 Biology and Geology
or
11 History
or
18 Portuguese

This information must be verified on
http://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/detcursopi.asp?codc=9353&code=1000

Aditional Information

Observations

Study Plan

When applicable, the elective curricular units available as well as the registration conditions and the number of vacancies will be indicated annually.

Regime	Curricular Unit	Scientific Area	ECTS
Year 1			60
S1	Education and Sustainable Development	CEd	5
S1	Introduction to the Sciences of Education	CEd	5
S1	Professional Education and Training Contexts	PP	5
S1	Sociology of Education I	SE	5
S1	Technology and Educational Communication I	TE	5
S1	Trends in Contemporary Pedagogy	TEd	5
S2	Introduction to Methodologies of Research in Education	MIE	5
S2	Philosophy of Education	TEd	5
S2	Professional Profiles in Education and Training	PP	5
S2	Sociology of Education II	SE	5
S2	Technology and Educational Communication II	TE	5
S2	Opção UMinho		5
	Bioethics	ECS	6
	Business Creation	G	6
	Collaboration for a Sustainable Development in the Digitalization Era	EGI	6
	Crime, Deviance and Control	SOC	6
	Education and Interpersonal Development in the University Context	CEd	6
	Environment and Energy	ENG	6
	Fundamentals and Practices of First Aid	ENF	6
	Galician Language and Culture	LLC	6
	Gestão de Ativos	EC	6
	Governance and Public Private Partnerships	CA	6
	Green Buildings	ENG	6
	International Courts	D	6
	Introduction to the German Language and Culture	ELG	6
	Introduction to the Spanish Language and Culture	ELG	6
	Leadership and Entrepreneurship	EIS	6
	Mathematics Behind Things	M	6
	Occupational Safety and Health	EH	6
	Organization and Data Analysis	EIS	6
	Photographic Literacy from Physics to Message	Fis	6
	Political Issues in the History of the Present Time	H	6
	Preparing Generation Z Beyond Technologies	ENG	6
	Principles of Economics	E	6
	Psychology of Aging and Communication	Psi	6
	Reading and Writing for Academic Production and Knowledge	LEP	6
	Scientific Research Methodologies	IDP	6
	Social Skills and Employability	Psi	6
	Sport and Health	EF	6
Year 2			60
S1	Education and Training Projects	PP	5
S1	Planning, Management and Evaluation of Educational Projects I	MIE	5
S1	Psychology of Education I	PSI-EDU	5
S1	Quantitative Methods of Analysis	MIE	5
S1	Theory and Curricular Development I	DC	5
S1	Opção I		5
	Critical Pedagogies	TEd	5
	Health Education	CEd	5
	Multimedia Educational Materials	TE	5
S2	Methods and Techniques of Education and Training	PP	5
S2	Planning, Management and Evaluation of Educational Projects II	MIE	5
S2	Psychology of Education II	PSI-EDU	5
S2	Qualitative Methods of Analysis	MIE	5
S2	Theory and Curricular Development II	DC	5
S2	Opção II		5
	Distance Education Models and Practices	TE	5
	Education and Literacies	CEd	5
	Sociology of Non-School Education	SE	5
Year 3			60
S1	Education and Training Methodologies	CEd	5
S1	Education Policies	PolE	5
S1	Educational Organizations and Educational Administration I	OAE	5
S1	Opção III		5
	Communication and Mediation in Training	PP	5
	Pedagogy of Adult Education	PP	5
	Training and Management of Human Resources	PP	5
S1	Opção IV		10
	Adult Education in Sociocommunity Contexts I	PP	10
	Techniques and Methodologies of Training and Mediation I	PP	10
	Training Management in Organizational Context I	PP	10
S2	Educational Organizations and Educational Administration II	OAE	5
S2	Epistemology of the Sciences of Education	TEd	5
S2	Theory and Practices of Assessment of Training	DC	5
S2	Opção V		5
	Education and Work	PP	5
	Socio-educational Animation and Community Intervention	PP	5
	Supervision of Education and Training	PP	5
S2	Opção VI		10
	Adult Education in Sociocommunity Contexts II	PP	10
	Techniques and Methodologies of Training and Mediation II	PP	10
	Training Management in Organizational Context II	PP	10

ECTS:

Assessment/Accreditation

A3ES Accreditation status:

Accredited

Resolution publication date:

28-10-2021

A3ES deliberation:

https://www.a3es.pt/pt/resultados-acreditacao/licenciatura-em-educacao-4

A3ES submited report:

download pdf file

Registry number at Ministry:

R/A-Ef 2423/2011/AL01

Registry Date:

17-01-2022

Accreditation validity:

30-07-2027

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