Education Sciences – School Management

Education Sciences – School Management

Course Type:
Master’s Programme

Programme Introduction

The study cycle aims the personal and professional development of teachers of early childhood education, primary and secondary education already professionalized. Aims to develop theoretical and operational skills that enable reflection and appropriate intervention in diversified educational settings, (in the exercise of diversified professional categories and positions in school organizations) particularly in the context of the functional content of activities and positions as:

  • Top management and middle management;
  • Coordination of departments;
  • Coordination of courses and / or years;
  • Coordination of directors of class and class direction;
  • Coordination of project teams and activity plans;
  • Supervision activities in schools;
  • Internal evaluation teams in the schools;
  • External evaluators of teachers.

Programme Coordinator

Isabel Sofia Godinho Silva Rebelo

 isabel.rebelo@ipleiria.pt

Reference

2110

School

Education and Social Sciences

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

B-learning, Evening

Length

4 semesters

Vacancies

General  and International student contingent: 25

Notice

Edital 2026 (PT Doc retf)

DGES certification

Careers Options

Programme

Top management and middle management;
Coordination of departments;
Coordination of courses and / or years;
Coordination of directors of class and class direction;
Coordination of project teams and activity plans;
Supervision activities in schools;
Internal evaluation teams in the schools;
External evaluators of teachers.

1st Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
S1 6 30 h
  1. The nature of scientific knowledge.
  2. Research Methodsin educational sciences.
    1. The investigative process: nature and characteristics.
    2. Research modalities in different paradigms – characterization.
    3. Research methods and techniques
    4. Data comment.
  3. The elaboration of a research project.
    1. Bibliographic referencing rules.
    2. The presentation of the report.
    3. Ethical issues in research.
S1 6 30 h
  1. Curriculum and curriculum development
    1. Curriculum theory and curriculum development
    2. Theory and curriculum models
  2. Organization practices and curriculum management
    1. Curriculum management tools
    2. The official curriculum to the school curriculum
    3. Curricular Differentiation
  3. Curriculum Challenges
    1. Change and continuity in the school curriculum
    2. Curricular innovation: resistance, dilemmas and challenges
S1 6 30 h
  1. Introduction to Administration
    1. Concepts
    2. Administration Theories
    3. School Culture and Climate
  2. School administration: its singularities
    1. Centralization, decentralization, autonomy and participation
    2. Municipalization of education and its implications
    3. Models
  3. Evolution of school administration in Portugal: public, private and cooperative systems
    1. Legal framework
    2. The difficult process of building school autonomy
    3. Building the educational territory
    4. Regulatory processes
S1 6 30 h
  1. The school as an organization
    1. Contradictions in the current paradigm of school organization
    2. the managing conceptions: the new public management in schools
  2. From the educational policies to organizational identities: ambiguity and hybridity
    1. The identity transformation
    2. The ‘cultural metaphor’ – the school as culture
    3. School climate and organizational effectiveness – culture as a management variable
    4. The educational project as an expression of a unified collective identity
  3. Communication and transformation of identity changing context
    1. Communication as a meta-idea
    2. The architecture of a communication system
S1 6 30 h
  1. Liderança e Gestão de Recursos Humanos nas Escolas a)
  2. Estratégias de Supervisão e Desenvolvimento Profissional a)
    1. Models and Scenarios of Supervision
      1. Brief reference to different models and scenarios of supervision
      2. From traditional models and scenarios to reflective and collaborative models and scenarios
      3. Reflective and social dimensions in supervision: the socio-affective context
    2. Professional Development of Teachers
      1. Current perspectives on Professional Development of Teachers
      2. Importance of Professional Development in changing contexts for teachers
    3. Supervision and professional development strategies (Ex. Praxis Analysis; Pedagogical Questions; Action Research; Class Studies; Narratives; Reflective Portfolios; Analysis of cases)

a) O estudante realiza uma UC de opção
Conceção e Desenvolvimento de Projetos S2 6 30 h
Perspetivas Nacionais e Internacionais em Educação S2 6 30 h
Gestão de Escolas e Agrupamentos de Escolas S2 6 30 h
Institutional Evaluation S2 6 30 h
S2 6 30 h
  • Gestão de Informação e Comunicação nas Escolas a)
  • Avaliação de Desempenho e de Competências em Contexto Escolar a)

a) O estudante realiza uma UC de opção
2nd Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
A 50

a) O estudante opta por projeto ou dissertação
Seminário de Apoio ao Projeto ou Dissertação A 10 30 h

Entry Requirements

People who can apply to the Master’s Degree:
a) Holders of an undergraduate degree or a legal equivalent preferably in the area of education;
b) Holders of a foreign higher education diploma, granted
after a first cycle of studies, under the principles of the
Bologna Process, by a State, which has subscribed this
Process, in the areas referred to in a);
c) Holders of a foreign higher education diploma that is
recognized as meeting the objectives of an undergraduate degree by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School, provided that in the areas referred to in a);
d) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional
curriculum, in the areas referred to in a), that is recognized
as certifying the skills to attend this cycle of studies by the
Technical and Scientific Council of the School;
e) Students who are close to completing their undergraduate degree in the field required for entering the Master’s degree, and declare it in their application

International Student
All information related to the  international student application should be consulted on our International Students webpage.

Accreditation

State:State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 1
Publication date: 22/05/2023

A3ES Accreditation

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Contactos
E-mail: studywithus@ipleiria.pt

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 50€
International student contingent:  100€ 

Tuition Fee

General contingent:  1140€
International student contingent:  3000€

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