2023

Education for Literacy

Name: Education for Literacy
Code: PED01614L
2.5 ECTS
Duration: 8 weeks/65 hours
Scientific Area: Education Sciences

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

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Reflect critically on the impact of the concept of literacy in the formation of the human person. Focusing on literacy as a set of practices that are socially relevant. Consider possibilities of enhancing the relevance and transversal nature of education for literacy in the current educational context, particularly in the school community.

Contents

Literacy as a transversal and integrating concept across the curriculum.
Delimitation of the concept of critical literacy from the point of view of different theoretical viewpoints.
The approach of ' critical literacy'.
The school community as a collective possibility of building readers beyond schooled literacy - problems and challenges.

Teaching Methods

Lectures. Reading texts, followed by debate . Group work and individual (critical essays drawn from the reaction to the readings and discussions) Mobilization of ICT, including the Moodle platform.//Evaluation: Elaboration and discussion of a portfolio.

Teaching Staff