2025
SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABILITY
Name: SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABILITY
Code: PAO13425O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Environment and Ecology Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Understanding of the science purposes, its practice and limitations.
Knowledge acquisition or improvement on the application of quantitative and qualitative research methods and how to use them in applied situations; skills on scientific/technical communication.
Development of a project proposal addressing the multiple dimension of sustainability of the subject.
Knowledge acquisition or improvement on the application of quantitative and qualitative research methods and how to use them in applied situations; skills on scientific/technical communication.
Development of a project proposal addressing the multiple dimension of sustainability of the subject.
Contents
Science: knowledge and questioning; the search for patterns; causal relationships; science, belief, ideology; the need for rigor and repeatability, the practice and limitations of science. The multidisciplinary perspective, potentialities and practical weaknesses.
Research methods: quantitative and qualitative methods; stages in carrying out research work; questionnaires, content analysis. Basic statistics - regressions, correlations, comparisons, trends. Mixed Methods.
Communication: oral presentation techniques, writing (papers, reports, posters, proposals); use of softwares.
Preparation, presentation and discussion of a project proposal by the students on a theme related to sustainability, including a justification and the objectives to be achieved, the state of the art, the phases and the methods to achieve the intended objectives, and required funds.
In each edition, several talks by professors or external elements on the proposals subjects will contribute to their consistency
Research methods: quantitative and qualitative methods; stages in carrying out research work; questionnaires, content analysis. Basic statistics - regressions, correlations, comparisons, trends. Mixed Methods.
Communication: oral presentation techniques, writing (papers, reports, posters, proposals); use of softwares.
Preparation, presentation and discussion of a project proposal by the students on a theme related to sustainability, including a justification and the objectives to be achieved, the state of the art, the phases and the methods to achieve the intended objectives, and required funds.
In each edition, several talks by professors or external elements on the proposals subjects will contribute to their consistency
Teaching Methods
Online activities using MOODLE platform and live classes (theoretical/practical)
Presentation and discussion of a project proposal (written and powerpoint presentation)
Presentation and discussion of a project proposal (written and powerpoint presentation)
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