Master in Primary School Education and Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal in 2nd Cycle
Universidade de Aveiro
About this program
Master in Primary School Education and Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal in 2nd Cycle
The objective of this Study Cycle is to confer professional teaching qualifications in accordance with the reference number 4 the Attachment of the Decree Law 79/2014 (Primary School Teacher and Teacher of Portuguese, History and Geography of Portugal – 6 to 12 year old pupils).
The Study Cycle chief aims are:
- to enable the development of a teacher profile, bearing in mind the national guidelines concerning educational policies;
- to form teachers capable of adapting to the challenges of modern society that the school and the teachers are faced with;
- to foster the mobilization of knowledge, competences and attitudes acquired in prior training to develop innovative, interventional and appropriate professional practices, in real contexts, to use in concrete situations in the classroom, the school and in articulation with the local community.
Admission requirements
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Year 1
1st Semester
- Teaching Methodology in History, Geography and Natural Sciences
- Teaching Methodology in Mathematics in the First Years
- History and Geography of Portugal I
- Literacies: Reading and Writing
- Youth Literature
2nd Semester
- School Organization And Management
- Didactics Of Expressions
- Portuguese Language Methodology
- History and Geography of Portugal II
Year 2
1st Semester
- Education for Sustainability
- Linguistic Diversity and Education
- Motor Development and Learning
2nd Semester
- Supervised Teaching Practice
- Seminar On Educational Guidance
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Tuition
- Tuition fees 2022/2023: 697,00€/year
- International tuition fees 2022/2023: 4650€ /year
Career paths
- Primary school teacher (6 - 9 or 10 year old pupils)
- Teacher of Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal (10-11 or 12 year old pupils)
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