2024
Professional Knowledge and Development of the Teacher
Name: Professional Knowledge and Development of the Teacher
Code: PED12653D
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
O1.To analyze the diverse dimensions of teacher competence in today's society
O2. To conceptualize teaching as a profession with a specific professional knowledge
O3. To know the evolution about research on teacher and the theoretical frameworks of reference concerning the professional knowledge of the teacher
O4. To know the evolution about research on teacher development and the main relevant reference models of teacher development
O5. To understand the importance of reflection on practice and of collaboration as fostering factors of professional knowledge and professional development of the teacher
O6. To reflect about the role of research on one's professional practice in professional knowledge and professional development of the teacher.
O2. To conceptualize teaching as a profession with a specific professional knowledge
O3. To know the evolution about research on teacher and the theoretical frameworks of reference concerning the professional knowledge of the teacher
O4. To know the evolution about research on teacher development and the main relevant reference models of teacher development
O5. To understand the importance of reflection on practice and of collaboration as fostering factors of professional knowledge and professional development of the teacher
O6. To reflect about the role of research on one's professional practice in professional knowledge and professional development of the teacher.
Contents
1. The profession of teaching
1.1. Challenges and requirements of the teaching profession
1.2. Specific knowledge for teaching
2. Teacher's professional knowledge
2.1. Research trends
2.2. The nature of professional knowledge
2.3. Contents of professional knowledge
2.4. Didactic knowledge
2.5. Professional knowledge development
3. Professional develop. of the teacher
3.1. Research trends
3.2. Training and professional develop
3.3. Initial training models
3.4. Professional Develop. Models
4. Factors of professional develop.
4.1. Reflection on practice
4.2. Collaboration
4.3. Professional Develop. Contexts
5. The professional practice: relations with the knowledge and professional development
5.1. Concept, characteristics and processes.
5.2. Researching own practice
5.4. Research, professional knowledge and professional develop.
6. Collaboration: relations with the knowledge and professional development of the teacher
6.1. Actors, foci, factors of success
6.2. Communities of practice
1.1. Challenges and requirements of the teaching profession
1.2. Specific knowledge for teaching
2. Teacher's professional knowledge
2.1. Research trends
2.2. The nature of professional knowledge
2.3. Contents of professional knowledge
2.4. Didactic knowledge
2.5. Professional knowledge development
3. Professional develop. of the teacher
3.1. Research trends
3.2. Training and professional develop
3.3. Initial training models
3.4. Professional Develop. Models
4. Factors of professional develop.
4.1. Reflection on practice
4.2. Collaboration
4.3. Professional Develop. Contexts
5. The professional practice: relations with the knowledge and professional development
5.1. Concept, characteristics and processes.
5.2. Researching own practice
5.4. Research, professional knowledge and professional develop.
6. Collaboration: relations with the knowledge and professional development of the teacher
6.1. Actors, foci, factors of success
6.2. Communities of practice
Teaching Methods
The methodologies will be diversified:
(a) Presentation by the teacher of ideas and works of key authors, accompanied by generalized debate within the class
(b) Presentations and oral dynamics carried out by students in groups.
The achievement of the above objectives requires students to engage in all activities of the work sessions.
The assessment in this curricular unit is continuous throughout all the work sessions and will take into account the attendance and participation of the students, their performance in the realization and dynamization of group work, as well as in the elaboration of individual critical written reaction , on the subject to be defined according to the interests, within the thematic of the uc. The final classification in the course will result from the following components and weights:
Attendance and participation: 10%
Presentation and dynamism (group work) - 30%
Critical reaction (individual work) - 60%
(a) Presentation by the teacher of ideas and works of key authors, accompanied by generalized debate within the class
(b) Presentations and oral dynamics carried out by students in groups.
The achievement of the above objectives requires students to engage in all activities of the work sessions.
The assessment in this curricular unit is continuous throughout all the work sessions and will take into account the attendance and participation of the students, their performance in the realization and dynamization of group work, as well as in the elaboration of individual critical written reaction , on the subject to be defined according to the interests, within the thematic of the uc. The final classification in the course will result from the following components and weights:
Attendance and participation: 10%
Presentation and dynamism (group work) - 30%
Critical reaction (individual work) - 60%
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
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