Accredited by A3ES on July 9, 2015 - NCE/14/01101
Registration with DGES R/A - Cr 242/2015
Notice no. 11156/2015, published in the 2nd series of the DR, of 10/01/2015
| DURATION
- 4 semesters (120 ECTS): - Master's in Pre-School Education and Teaching of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education
According to Decree-Law no. 79/2014 of May 14
| PROFESSIONAL OUTLETS
- Daycare centers;
- Kindergartens;
- Teaching in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education;
- Informal Educational Contexts for Children and Community Entertainment: Animation in Libraries, Play Libraries, Free Time Activities, Hospitals, Companies that organize Playful and/or Didactic Activities
- Development of Training Actions
- Administration and Pedagogical Management of Nurseries, Kindergartens and Primary Schools. cycle other educational establishments
| GOALS
- Provide the acquisition of skills indicated as fundamental in the specific professional performance profiles of Early Childhood Educators and 1st cycle teachers of basic education.
- Master scientific, humanistic, artistic and cultural content, applying them in diverse educational contexts.
- Design and develop the curriculum through planning, organizing and evaluating the educational environment, activities and curricular projects, with a view to building meaningful learning.
- Mobilize knowledge and skills necessary for the development of an integrated curriculum, within the scope of personal and social training, expression and communication, understanding and operationalization of logical-mathematical reasoning, knowledge of the world and understanding of spatial, temporal and factual references.
- Develop investigative attitudes and practices, promoting creativity and innovation as a basis for building meaningful learning.
| SYLLABUS
Course Units | Credits |
1st Year - 1st Semester | |
Literary Education | 5 |
Numbers, Geometry and Measurement | 5 |
Curricular Organization and Development (0 to 6 years old) | 4 |
Education and Parental Involvement | 1.5 |
Didactics of Artistic and Motor Expressions | 5 |
Supervised Teaching Practice I - Daycare | 7 |
Educational Research Methodology | 2.5 |
1st Year - 2nd Semester | |
Mathematics Didactics in Early Childhood Education | 5 |
Didactics of Knowledge of the World in Early Childhood Education | 5 |
Didactics of Oral Language and Approach to Writing | 5 |
Educational Research Seminar to Support the Final Report I | two |
Supervised Teaching Practice II – Kindergarten | 13 |
2nd Year - 1st Semester | |
Earth and Life Sciences | 5 |
History and geography of Portugal | 5 |
Organization and Curricular Development in the 1st Cycle | 2.5 |
Portuguese Didactics in the 1st Cycle | 6 |
Supervised Teaching Practice III – 1st Cycle | 11.5 |
2nd Year - 2nd Semester | |
Educational Needs and Early Intervention | two |
Option: - School Organization and Management - Professional Ethics and Deontology - Health Education and First Aid | 1.5 |
Didactics of the Study of the Environment | 5 |
Mathematics Didactics in 1st Cycle | 5 |
Educational Research Seminar in Support of the Final Report II | two |
Supervised Teaching Practice IV – 1st Cycle | 14.5 |