2024

School Organization and Administration

Name: School Organization and Administration
Code: PED01606L
2.5 ECTS
Duration: 8 weeks/65 hours
Scientific Area: Education Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

This curriculum unit aims to contribute to the study of educational administration. Main objectives:
-To promote interest in the study of Educational Administration and its impact on development of school and education
-Know the constitutional ideals and the guiding principles of the system of education and teaching
-Analyze the Educational System Act in relation to the purposes of school education, general structure and administration of the levels of education and teaching and models of organization and operation
- Reflect on territorial educational decentralization trends and its implications in the municipalization of education and school development
-Explore analytical instruments and educational planning with a view to inform and design educational options in a context of territorialisation of educational policies and dynamic autonomy
- Exercise intervention practices in the field of educational policy, organisation and educational administration.

Contents

1-Subject of study of Educational Organization and Administration
2-Educational system, and organization structures
3-Administration and educational policies
4- Educational policies, autonomy and development of school

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies use interpretative exhibition strategies involving students in the analysis of scenarios from texts, documents, media, videos and the different methods of work as interactive exhibition, group discussions, case studies, analysis and submission of comments, conducting classroom activities and work related to the contents in the study.
The evaluation will consist in the realization of classroom work of implementation and application of thematic analyzed and discussed. Will also take into account participation in the sessions and work of individual and group research.

Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )