Program Overview

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Education

The Master's in Education aims to promote an academic training that enables the personal and professional development of teachers and other professionals in the field of education, within a lifelong learning framework, providing the enrichment of professional practices and the improvement of the organisations in which they work.

Education Objectives

Knowledge is the foundation of social and human development, and as such, the ability to circulate information across generations is crucial, promoting knowledge and skills while also reinforcing values and attitudes of critical awareness and active citizenship.

Why this Master's?

• It provides the enrichment of professional practices and the improvement of the organisations in which our graduates work;
• It addresses training needs and motivations in various areas of specialisation, reflecting on theoretical knowledge related to teaching and learning;
• It complements the scientific knowledge taught by teachers, questioning teaching practices and forms of school and educational organisation, while also promoting the training of reflective professionals;
• It deepens skills in areas such as learning, interdisciplinarity, curriculum development, research methodologies, digital technologies, sciences, education, and the connection with non-school learning;
• Candidates holding a pre-Bologna bachelor's degree or a second cycle degree, from a course that qualifies them to practise as an educator or teacher at different levels of education, may request accreditation for the curricular units of the respective courses;
• Students benefit from a high-quality, humanised, and technologically enriched university environment, providing the acquisition of significant skills, specific to each area of specialisation.

Career Opportunities

• Teachers;
• Educators;
• Trainers;
• Education and training officers;
• Animators;
• Sociocultural mediators.

General Characterization

DGES Code

1182

Cycle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Mestre

Access to Other Programs

Access to a 3rd cycle

Coordinator

António Manuel Dias Domingos

Opening Date

September

Vacancies

40

Fees

• Portuguese students: 1250 euros (1st year); 900 (2nd year)
• Foreign students: 3500 euros/semester

Schedule

Daytime

Teaching Language

Available soon

Degree Pre-requisites

Specialization in Technology in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM)

• Duration: 2 years
• Total credits: 90 ECTS
• Mandatory scientific areas:
  • Educational Sciences: 90 ECTS

Specialization in Additional Geology for Teaching

• Duration: 2 years
• Total credits: 90 ECTS
• Mandatory scientific areas:
  • Educational Sciences: 90 ECTS

Specialization in Environmental Education and Sustainability

• Duration: 2 years
• Total credits: 90 ECTS
• Mandatory scientific areas:
  • Educational Sciences: 90 ECTS

Specialization in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

• Duration: 2 years
• Total credits: 90 ECTS
• Mandatory scientific areas:
  • Educational Sciences: 90 ECTS

Conditions of Admittance

• Holders of a degree that qualifies them to practise as an educator or teacher at various levels of education;
• Holders of other academic degrees with experience in professional activities in the field of education;
• Education officers;
• Sociocultural animators and mediators.

Selection Criteria

• Academic and scientific curriculum;
• Professional curriculum;
• Letter of motivation;
• Possible interview.

Evaluation Rules

The evaluation of all UC is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.

• The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of three elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.
• All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).
• All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.
• For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed:
  • (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation;
  • (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation;
  • (iii) Summative assessment.
• The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.

Structure

Paths

• Technology in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
• Environmental Education and Sustainability Specialization
• Geology Complements for Education
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Specialization