Basic Education

Educação Básica (Basic Education)

The Primary Education degree constitutes a Bachelor's degree level training programme, which enables graduates to go on to vocational Master's courses in order to train as early childhood and primary education teachers.

Goals

The Primary Education degree is essentially a preparatory course for vocational Master's programmes that provide early childhood and primary school teaching qualifications.

Careers and Professional Opportunities
- Participation in educational projects in formal and non-formal contexts
- Educational and recreational services of cultural institutions: museums, libraries, educational play centres, science centres
- Socio-educational support, supervision and integration roles in various educational contexts such as crèches, preschools and schools.

Curriculum
Year	Semester	Code	Disciplina	Unit Course / Subject	ECTS	Contact Hours	Hours/ week
1	S1	160009	Expressão Musical I	Musical Expression I	3	30	2
1	S1	110014	Sociedade e Cultura	Society and Culture	3	30	2
1	S1	160002	Expressão Dramática	Dramatic Expression	6	60	4
1	S1	190014	Língua Portuguesa I	Portuguese Language I	6	60	4
1	S1	510001	Observação e Intervenção Educativa I	Teaching Practicum I	3	60	4
1	S1	200005	Matemática I	Mathematics I	9	90	6
1	S2	160011	Expressão Musical II	Musical Expression II	3	30	2
1	S2	310002	Fundamentos do Pensamento Educativo	Fundamentals of Pedagogical Thinking	2	30	2
1	S2	310003	Psicologia do Desenvolvimento	Developmental Psychology	2	30	3
1	S2	140001	Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação	Information and Communication Technologies	2	30	3
1	S2	160010	Educação Física	Physical Education	6	60	4
1	S2	160001	Expressão Plástica	Plastic Expression	6	60	4
1	S2	520001	Observação e Intervenção Educativa II	Teaching Practicum II	3	60	4
1	S2	130002	Saúde, Ambiente e Consumo	Health, Environment and Consumption	6	60	4
2	S1	310005	Educação Intercultural	Intercultural Education	2	30	2
2	S1	530001	Observação e Intervenção Educativa III	Teaching Practicum III	3	60	2
2	S1	310004	Psicologia da Educação	Psychology of Education	2	30	2
2	S1	110015	História e Geografia I	History and Geography I	6	60	4
2	S1	200006	Matemática II	Mathematics II	6	60	4
2	S1	190015	Língua Portuguesa II	Portuguese Language II	9	90	6
2	S1		Opção – Uma das seguintes:Língua Estrangeira Língua Gestual Portuguesa	Optional Unit Course:Foreign language orPortuguese Sign Language	2	30	2
2	S2	310007	Necessidades Educativas Especiais	Special Education Needs	2	30	2
2	S2	310006	Desenvolvimento Curricular	Curriculum Design	2	45	3
2	S2	110016	História e Geografia II	History and Geography II	6	60	4
2	S2	190017	Leitura e Escrita	Reading and Writing	6	60	4
2	S2	200007	Matemática III	Mathematics III	6	60	4
2	S2		Observação e Intervenção Educativa IV	Teaching Practicum IV	5	95	-
2	S2		Opção – Uma das seguintes:Sexualidade e SaúdeResilência e SaúdeBioéticaPatrimónio Natural	Optional Unit Course:Sexuality and Health.Resilience and Health,Bioethics or Natural Heritage	3	30	2
3	S1	110017	Didáctica da História e Geografia de Portugal	Didactics of Portuguese History and Geografy	4	45	3
3	S1	310008	Tecnologia Educativa	Educational Technology	2	30	2
3	S1	130007	Ciências da Natureza	Natural Sciences	6	60	4
3	S1	200008	Matemática IV	Mathematics IV	9	90	6
3	S1	160012	Oficina de Expressões	Workshop: Creative Expression	6	60	4
3	S1		Opção – Uma das seguintes:Formação Pessoal e SocialIntervenção Educativa Precoce	Optional Unit Course:Personal and Social Education or Early Educational Intervention	2	30	2
3	S2	190019	Didáctica da Leitura e Escrita	Didactics of Reading and Writing	4	45	3
3	S2	200009	Didáctica da Matemática	Didactics of Mathematics	4	45	3
3	S2	130008	Didáctica das Ciências da Natureza	Didactics of Natural Sciences	4	45	3
3	S2	160013	Didáctica das Expressões	Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Body Expression	4	60	4
3	S2	190018	Literatura para a Infância	Children’s Literature	9	90	6
3	S2		Observação e Intervenção Educativa V	Teaching Practicum V	6	105	-