2024

Educational Administration Methods and Techniques

Name: Educational Administration Methods and Techniques
Code: PED13929M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Education Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

At the end of this course the student should be able to:
Apply methods and techniques of planning, monitoring and control of programs and projects of education
and training;
To increase the knowledge and the operationalization of indicators of analysis and educational
management;
Use of monitoring devices and school regulation and interpret indicator systems
Exercising research and intervention practices in the area of educational administration and regulation.

Contents

School organizations and equity issues, educational efficiency and quality. Conceptions and intervention
areas.
- Productivity in education, orientation to results and indicators systems.
- Exploration methods and techniques of planning and educational management.
. School demographic projections and analysis of student flows.
. Cartograms and territorial portraits;
. Successive weightings and monitoring of programs and projects;
. SWOT analysis; . Definition and contracting of educational goals based on respect of similar context
. Performance profiling analysis based on similar contextual factors.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies (including assessment): The teaching methodologies use different working
modes as interactive exhibition, group discussions, situation analysis, exploration and application of
various techniques and instruments of educational management, implementation of activities and class
work on the content being studied. The student's presence in 80% of classroom sessions is mandatory.
Students can choose between continuous assessment and examination system. Continuous assessment
includes conducting five works with the same weight each, for the final classification of the course;
the exam consists of performing a single written test.

Teaching Staff