School Environment Communication

Code: PED15854M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 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.

Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes - 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

Developing competence and facilitating achievement in both verbal and non-verbal communication, with a view to integration into the future socio-professional environment is the major objective of this curricular unit. As specific objectives it is important to consider:
1. To foster the development of the ability to be present and communicate effectively.
2. To analyze human communication and derive foundational principles for a pedagogy of communication in the school context, particularly in teacher-student interaction.
3. To interpret the impact of verbal and non-verbal communication on classroom management and academic success.
4. To examine the characteristics of an effective verbal and non-verbal message to enhance communicative competence, emphasizing the need for coherence between verbal and non-verbal communication.
5. To contribute to the development of socio-emotional skills that foster communication, facilitating learning environments that well-being.

1. Human Communication
2. Barriers to Communication
3. First Impressions
4. Communication in the School Context
5. Communication and Socio-Emotional Skills

Teaching Methods

The course is of a theoretical-practical nature. The methodologies are fundamentally based on cognitive learning theories: the connection between new and acquired knowledge (Piaget), systematization (Bruner), and the transfer of knowledge to new, similar situations (Ausubel). An appropriate methodology will be used to achieve the proposed objectives, combining a theoretical approach with lectures and active student participation in subsequent debates. Students will also be encouraged to engage in small practical exercises related to verbal and non-verbal communication. Educational technology will be employed to support various activities, including the evaluation of video recordings and images.

Assessment

Continuous assessment regime: Assessment takes place continuously throughout the semester. The final classification will be obtained from an individual written test (PA1), a practical test (PA 2) and student participation (PA 3).
The Final Classification (CF) in a continuous assessment regime will be obtained as follows:
CF= 55% (PA1) + 30% (PA2) + 15% (PA3)

Final assessment regime: students who opt for this regime take a written test (PA1) and an oral presentation (PA2).
The Final Classification (CF) in the final assessment regime will be obtained as follows:
CF = 60% (PA1) + 40% (PA2)