Educational Project and Intervention

Objectives

1. To explicit the principles underlying pedagogical work organized in the modality of project, as will as its social relevance and impact on student learning.

2. To characterize work project experiences (or going) in a concrete situation in a classroom or school.

3. To guide ones perspective on pedagogical intervention according to principles of respect for minorities, inclusion, participation and solidarity.

4. To participate in research projects on the learning provided by this pedagogical perspective using project work in order to get involved in the construction of scientific knowledge based on concrete situations.

Program

1. Project concepts. Project concepts in pedagogy.

2. Principles, values and potential of pedagogical of project work are autonomy and students' participation, students' . needs and students' interests.

3. Projects in the classroom and school (both short and long duration, in small and large group).

4. Community involvement in educational project work.

5. Strategies to organize and implemente project work in the classroom and schools

6. Research on the development and results of project work in education.

Teaching Methodologies

This curricular unit will includes with moments of reflection and transmission of information and data collection as well as the and analyze pedagogical experiences. There will be moments of participation which other teachers with of share their experience with students.

Students will collect data from observations and/or interviews where this instrutional model is used with emphasis on student learning, different working approaches and community involvement.

Bibliography

Alencastro Veiga (1995) Projeto político-pedagógico da escola: Uma construção possível Campinas. Papirus.

Antoczecen, S. (2011) Pedagogia de projectos – Uma ferramenta na construção do saber histórico – Atas X Congresso Nacional de Educação – EDUCERE – Curitiba

Cartesão L., Leite, C. e Pacheco, J. (2002) Trabalhar por projectos em educação: uma inovação interessante? Porto Editora. Porto.

Fortunati, A. (2009) A educação infantil como projeto da comunidade: crianças, educadores e pais nos novos serviços para a infância e a família – A experiência de San Miniato. Artmed, Portoalegre

Oliveira L., Valéria; Oliveira Alves, M. C. e Dias Fratari, M. H. (2010) Pedagogia de Projetos: Uma experiência na educação infantil – Olhares e Trilhas, Ano XI, n. 11 – Uberlândia

Porto Pires, M.; Ferreira, L. G. e Guerra Ferreira, A. (2010) Pedagogia de projectos: Construindo conhecimentos sobre cidadania ambiental em sala de aula – Revista Percurso v. 2, n. 2 - Maringá