Leadership in Educational Contexts

Code: PED13932M

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

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Trabalho decente e crescimento económico - Promover o crescimento económico sustentado, inclusivo e sustentável, emprego pleno e produtivo, e trabalho decente para todos.

Redução das desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Paz e Justiça - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

1 - To analyze different models of leadership and its implications
2 - To analyze the importance of establishing a shared corporate culture and motivating
3 - To justify the importance of direct involvement of the leader in training and motivation of the users and
staff and collaborators
4- Knowing the framework of management and leadership in Portugal

1 - Leadership Models
2 - The leadership and the creation of an institutional culture
3 - The management tools in the service of leadership
4 - Motivation in an educational context, the role of leader
5 - Leadership and school management
6 - Transformational leadership and the challenges of leading
7 - The legislative framework for management and leadership in the schools in Portugal
8 - Establishment of partnerships and cooperation with the community

Teaching Methods

It is planned to use methodologies that call for the construction of knowledge through the involvement and
participation of students, namely: cooperative management of the learning process; Lectures with debate;
Reports and / or contact with real cases that allow questioning the content covered; Preparation of
individual or groups discussed in the classroom.
The student's presence in 80% of classroom sessions is mandatory.
Continuous Assessment
Individual text written on a topic of the course (85%).
Attendance and participation in teaching activities of the course (15%).
Assessment Examination Regime
Students who opt for the examination scheme provided for Academic Regulation of
Évora University
must demonstrate the skills and knowledge acquired in this course, by carrying out a written assessment
(100%).