Class Sociology and History of Education

This course has been prepared for a professional master's degree in teacher training, bringing together issues from the History of Education and the Sociology of Education. Its main goal is to allow a critical and comprehensive reading of the process of construction of the mass school (or the school for all, if you prefer) and the underlying problems, especially in terms of the production and reproduction of social inequalities.

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1. Historical formation and functions of modern education systems  Written culture, schooling and literacy - the portuguese case in a comparative perspective. 1.2. The characteristics of the school model built. The grammar of the school.  2. The First Republic in Portugal: From generous intentions to the disappointment of the realities.  3. Education in the Estado Novo: between the literacy of all and (re)education of elites.  4. Times and trends of educational policies in democratic Portugal.   5. Europeanization, globalization and new forms of transnational governance of education systems. 6. Teaching computer science and teaching professionalism: problems and challenges.

Innovation is a central guideline in planning student activities to achieve the intended learning objectives.

Soysal, Y. N., & Strang, D. (1989). Construction of the first mass education systems in nineteenth-century Europe. Sociology of Education, 62, 277-288.  Teodoro, A. (2001). A construção política da educação. Afrontamento.  Teodoro, A. (2020). Contesting the global development of sustainable and inclusive education. Routledge.