2024
Sociology of Education
Name: Sociology of Education
Code: SOC02411L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Sociology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Sociology of Education intends to develop the skills of sociological analysis of social and educational realities, usable by students in their future professional contexts of intervention.
At the end of the semester, students should be able:
- To characterize the subject of study, the main concepts and theories of sociology of education;
- To understand education as a result of the relations occurring in different educational contexts and social institutions;
- To evaluate the importance of education for societies, particularly in processes of social control, social stratification and social change;
- To question the relationship between education and development of territories;
- To analyze, sociologically, the dynamics of the school as a social system consisting of structure and actors with different roles and status, which interact internally and externally;
- To discuss the future of education face the new challenges of the "information society and knowledge".
At the end of the semester, students should be able:
- To characterize the subject of study, the main concepts and theories of sociology of education;
- To understand education as a result of the relations occurring in different educational contexts and social institutions;
- To evaluate the importance of education for societies, particularly in processes of social control, social stratification and social change;
- To question the relationship between education and development of territories;
- To analyze, sociologically, the dynamics of the school as a social system consisting of structure and actors with different roles and status, which interact internally and externally;
- To discuss the future of education face the new challenges of the "information society and knowledge".
Contents
THEME 1: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
THEME 2: EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
THEME 3: EDUCATION AND (IN) EQUALITY
THEME 4: EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
THEME 5: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE SCHOOL
THEME 6: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
THEME 2: EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
THEME 3: EDUCATION AND (IN) EQUALITY
THEME 4: EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
THEME 5: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE SCHOOL
THEME 6: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
Teaching Methods
The process of teaching and learning will be organized based on theoretical-practical sessions.
Sessions dynamic is expected to appeal to the exercises of analysis and discussion of texts and work done by students, individually or in small groups, from texts previously suggested and / or researched by (the) students.
Besides the collective sessions, held in the classroom, students develop independent work, individually and in groups. It will use the Moodle platform to facilitate the sharing of educational resources and synchronous and asynchronous distance communication.
The evaluation will include a written test about the contents and in work (s) individually and / or group oral presentation sessions on class. In the final classification is still considered the evaluation of socio-affective skills of the student.
Sessions dynamic is expected to appeal to the exercises of analysis and discussion of texts and work done by students, individually or in small groups, from texts previously suggested and / or researched by (the) students.
Besides the collective sessions, held in the classroom, students develop independent work, individually and in groups. It will use the Moodle platform to facilitate the sharing of educational resources and synchronous and asynchronous distance communication.
The evaluation will include a written test about the contents and in work (s) individually and / or group oral presentation sessions on class. In the final classification is still considered the evaluation of socio-affective skills of the student.
Teaching Staff
- José Manuel Leal Saragoça [responsible]