Undergraduate in Social Education

Course presentation

1. To know and understand the academic, scientific and praxiological foundations that support the educational and professional field of Social Educators;

2. Analyze and critically understand the nature of the theories, methodologies and areas of intervention of the Social Educator;

3. To know and employ strategies and methodologies for socio-educational intervention among vulnerable and culturally diverse populations in the sense of the development of individuals and communities;

4. Develop capacities to promote processes of cultural and social dynamism;

5. Develop and analyze the sociopolitical, educational and cultural realities in which the professional practice of the social educator develops;

6. Diagnose complex social situations that support the need to develop socio-educational actions;

7. Acquire knowledge and skills to design and develop and evaluate projects of socio-educational action in different contexts and for different groups of people;

8. To develop decision-making capacities related to the improvement of their training and professional practice, with full respect for the deontological principles to which Pedagogy / Social Education refers, supported by civic values and Human Rights;

9. Understand the dynamics of Social Education the trajectory of configuration of its field of professional identity;

10. Develop a critical attitude and promote the development of socio-educational practices informed by the multidisciplinarity of Social Education;

Curricular plan

CodeCurricular Unit Period ECTS Workload
9084201História da Educação Social1st Semester51st Year
9084202Introdução às Ciências Sociais1st Semester51st Year
9084203Métodos e Técnicas de Investigação Social1st Semester51st Year
9084204Psicologia do Desenvolvimento1st Semester51st Year
Economia Social e Solidária1st Semester51st Year
9084205Técnicas de Comunicação e Expressão1st Semester51st Year
9084207Antropologia Social e Cultural2nd Semester51st Year
Sociologia do Tempo Livre e do Lazer2nd Semester51st Year
9084209Investigação em Educação Social2nd Semester51st Year
9084212Opção 1 - Educação Social2nd Semester51st Year
9084210Pedagogia Social2nd Semester51st Year
9084211Problemas da Sociedade e Cultura Contemporâneas2nd Semester51st Year
CodeCurricular Unit Period ECTS Workload
9084214Culturas e Identidades1st Semester42nd Year
9084213Dinâmica de Grupos e Relações Interpessoais1st Semester52nd Year
9084219Educação e Intervenção para a Saúde1st Semester52nd Year
9084215Literatura para a Infância e Juventude1st Semester42nd Year
9084216Museologia e Património1st Semester42nd Year
9084217Políticas Educativas e Sociais1st Semester42nd Year
9084218Sociologia da Educação1st Semester42nd Year
9084222Educação Ambiental2nd Semester52nd Year
9084221Educação Especial2nd Semester52nd Year
9084220Estratégias de Animação Comunitária2nd Semester52nd Year
9084224Gerontologia2nd Semester52nd Year
9084223Observatório de Educação Social2nd Semester52nd Year
9084225Sociologia das Migrações2nd Semester52nd Year
CodeCurricular Unit Period ECTS Workload
9084227Direito e Deontologia Profissional1st Semester43rd Year
9084226Educação e Formação ao Longo da Vida1st Semester43rd Year
9084230Oficina de Expressões Artísticas1st Semester63rd Year
9084231Opção 2 - Educação Social1st Semester53rd Year
9084229Projeto de Intervenção Socioeducativa1st Semester63rd Year
9084228Psicologia da Educação1st Semester53rd Year
9084232Estágio2nd Semester303rd Year

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