Accredited by A3ES on June 18, 2015 - NCE/14/01191
Registration with DGES R/A- Cr 148/2015
Notice nº 10566/2015, published in the 2nd series of the DR, of 09/16/2015
| DURATION
- 3 semesters (90 ECTS) - Master in Preschool Education
According to Decree-Law no. 79/2014 of May 14
| PROFESSIONAL OUTLETS
- Daycare centers;
- Kindergartens;
- 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;
- Administration of Nurseries and Kindergartens.
| GOALS
This second cycle of studies aims to provide the acquisition of professional skills indicated as fundamental in the specific professional performance profile of the Early Childhood Educator, in order to enable him/her to: design and develop the curriculum through planning, organizing and evaluating the environment educational, as well as curricular activities and projects, with a view to building meaningful learning; mobilization of knowledge and skills necessary for the development of an integrated curriculum.
| SYLLABUS
Course Units | Credits |
1st year - 1st Semester | |
Content Areas: In-depth Topics | 6 |
Curricular Organization and Development (0 to 6 years old) | 4 |
Educational Needs and Early Intervention | two |
Didactics of Artistic and Motor Expressions | 6 |
Educational Research Methodology | 2.5 |
Supervised Teaching Practice I - Daycare | 9.5 |
1st Year - 2nd Semester | |
Mathematics Didactics in Early Childhood Education | 6 |
Didactics of Knowledge of the World in Early Childhood Education | 6 |
Didactics of Oral Language and Approach to Writing | 6 |
Educational Research Seminar to Support the Final Report | two |
Supervised Teaching Practice II - Kindergarten | 10 |
2nd Year - 1st Semester | |
Option I - Education for Citizenship - School Organization and Management - Education, Health and Sexuality | two |
Option II - Education and Parental Involvement - Professional Ethics and Deontology - Technologies Applied to Early Childhood Education | two |
Educational Research Seminar in Support of the Final Report II | two |
Supervised Teaching Practice III – Kindergarten | 24 |